Apamea in Bithynia
Apameia in Bithynia (gr. Ἀπάμεια Μύρλεια, Apameia Myrleia) is an ancient city on the Marmara Sea , 1 km southeast of today's Mudanya ( Turkey ).
The place is a colony of Kolophon , and was originally called Brylleion, shortly after 330 BC. Only Myrleia. Since 433/2 BC He is documented as a member of the Attic-Delian Sea League; End of the 4th century BC BC he is under the rule of Mithradates II of Kios ; in the 3rd century BC He is temporarily a member of the Koinon of the Athena Iliad. 202 BC He is conquered by Philip V , destroyed and handed over to the Bithynian king Prusias I ; of Nicomedes II. He was re-established in honor of his mother Apame as Apamea. 72 BC During the 3rd Mithridatic War the place is conquered by Triarius ; probably newly founded under Caesar as Colonia Iulia Concordia (Augusta) Apameia. In Goteneinfall . Of 257/8 AD sacked. Minting ends in AD 260. After Constantinople was founded in 324, the cities around it, including Apamea, quickly lost their importance. In late antiquity and in Byzantine times, the city was the seat of an archbishop, after which the catholic titular archbishopric Apamea in Bithynia is named.
The territory of the city included the area of today's villages Paladari, Burgaz, Kurşunlu and Triglia (Zeytinbağı).
In the 19th century the remains of a port facility and a theater were still preserved, but have now completely disappeared due to stone robbery.
literature
- Thomas Corsten : The inscriptions of Apameia (Bithynien) and Pylai . (Inscriptions of Greek cities from Asia Minor, 32) Bonn 1987. ISBN 3-7749-2261-6
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Coordinates: 40 ° 22 ′ 31 ″ N , 28 ° 52 ′ 56 ″ E