Apollonis
Apollonis ( Greek Ἀπολλωνίς ) was an ancient city in northern Lydia halfway between Pergamon and Sardis , 22 km northwest of Thyatira . The ruins, including the remains of the city wall, are located at today's Mecidiye .
The city was founded in the 3rd century BC. Founded by Attalus I and named after his wife Apollonis . The foundation was expanded by synoicisms under his son Eumenes II , including the settlement of "Macedonians" from the Seleucid Empire . 133 BC The city was temporarily conquered by Aristonikos and his "Heliopolites". In 17, Apollonis was one of the cities destroyed by the earthquake, to which Tiberius granted a multi-year tax rebate for reconstruction.
In Christian times, Apollonis was the bishopric. The titular bishopric of Apollonis of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to the diocese .
literature
- Gustav Hirschfeld : Apollonis 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 163.
- Hans Treidler: Apollonis. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 1541 f.
- Theodora Stillwell MacKay: Apollonis, Turkey . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
- Hans Kaletsch : Apollonis. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , Sp. 890.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Strabon 13, 4, 4.
- ^ As evidenced by coins and inscriptions, these measures took place in 194 BC. Instead of.
- ↑ Strabo 14, 1, 38.
- ↑ Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 2, 200; Tacitus , Annals 2, 47, 3; Suetonius , Tiberius 48, 2; Cassius Dio 57, 17, 7.