Apollonia (Phrygia)

Apollonia ( Greek  Ἀπολλωνία ) was an ancient city in the Phrygia region (sometimes also part of Pisidia ) near today's Uluborlu in the Turkish province of Isparta . The city was sometimes also called Mordiaion , in late antiquity Sozopolis .

Apollonia is mentioned among others in Strabo , the Tabula Peutingeriana and Claudius Ptolemy . Little is known about its history. The town's inscriptions and coins from the Roman Empire have been preserved. In late antiquity Sozopolis was the seat of a bishop; The titular bishopric of Sozopolis in Pisidia of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to the diocese .

literature

• Apollonia in Asia 4. In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . 1854 ( online ).
• Gustav Hirschfeld : Apollonia 21 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, column 116.

Web links

• Apollonia / Mordiaion / Sozopolis near Pleiades (English)
• Coins of Apollonia (English)

Coordinates: 38 ° 4 ′  N , 30 ° 28 ′  E