Amblada

Amblada (Ancient Greek: Ἄμβλαδα) was a town of ancient Lycaonia or of Pisidia, inhabited in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times. It was the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential see, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Strabo places it in Pisidia; the bishopric was suffragan to the metropolitan of Lycaonia.

Ancient Greek authors described Ambladian wine as suitable for use in medicinal diets.

The coin minted copper coins during the period of the Antonines and their successors, with the epigraph Ἀμβλαδέων.

Its site is located near Hisartepe - [Wikidata], Seydişehir, Konya Province, Turkey.

References

  1. 1 2 Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  2. 1 2 Catholic Hierarchy
  3. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 570. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, p.180-181, 264
  5. ↑ Strabo, Geography, 12.7.2
  6. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Notes

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Amblada". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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