Hermocapelia

Hermocapelia was an ancient Roman and Byzantine era city on the Hermus River,[1] in the provence of Lydia.It is described as to the west of Apollonis in its own little plain almost completely surrounded by mountains.[2]

It was mentioned by Pliny[3][4] but is best known for its coins which it minted,[5][6] and which are in existence today.

The city was the site of an ancient bishopric[7] which remains a vacant Titular See to this day.[8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ John-Anthony Cramer, A Geographical Ad Historical Description of Asia Minor with a Map. (Oxford, University Press, 1832), p 433-434.
  2. ↑ Halsey L. Royden , The Magistrates of the Roman Professional Collegia in Italy: From the First to the Third Century A.D. (Review by: Willem Jongman) The American Journal of Philology Vol. 111, No. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 281-283 .
  3. ↑ Pliny V:30.
  4. ↑ Heiroclese p670.
  5. ↑ Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Hermocapelia.
  6. ↑ mantis.
  7. ↑ Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740) p 889.
  8. ↑ Hermocapelia at Catholic heirachy.org.
  9. ↑ Hermocapelia at GCathollic.org.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.