Amblada (Ancient Greek: Ἄμβλαδα) was a town of ancient Lycaonia or of Pisidia, inhabited in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[1] It was the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential see, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] Strabo places it in Pisidia;[3] the bishopric was suffragan to the metropolitan of Lycaonia.[2] The coin minted copper coins during the period of the Antonines and their successors, with the epigraph Ἀμβλαδέων.

Its site is located near Hisartepe, Seydişehir, Konya Province, Turkey.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 63, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. 1 2 Catholic Hierarchy
  3. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 570. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 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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