Prusias ad Hypium
Coordinates: 40 ° 54 ′ 21.1 ″ N , 31 ° 8 ′ 52.8 ″ E
Cius (also: Prusa, Greek Προυσιάς ) was an ancient city in Asia Minor landscape Bithynia , today Konuralp (Üskübü) in the province of Düzce ( Turkey ).
According to the historian Memnon (20.11), the city was originally called Kieros and belonged to Herakleia Pontike before it came to Bithynia first through Zipoites and then finally through Prusias I (who named it after himself). It is to be distinguished from Prusias ad mare ("Prusias by the sea"), the temporary name of Kios , which was also conquered and renamed by Prusias I. 74 BC The city was conquered by the Romans, under whose rule it flourished and became an important city on the road from Nicomedia (today İzmit ) to Amastris (today Amasra ). In the 4th century Prusias became a bishopric.
Today, remains from Roman times can be seen on site. These include the remains of the city walls, parts of an aqueduct and the theater, of which large parts of the cavea (auditorium) and the stage building have been preserved. To the south of it is the so-called horse gate ( Turkish Atkapı ). Its architrave , lying flat today, shows a horse and an inscription. In the north-west of the village, outside the city walls, relics of a three-arched bridge can be seen, which was only destroyed by a flood in modern times. In the vicinity of the theater, but also outside the urban area, numerous steles, inscriptions and mosaics as well as a statue of Tyche with Plutos were found. Many of the finds are on display in the local museum (Konuralp Müzesi) , and some, including the Tyche, were brought to Istanbul .
Horse gate
Relief on the horse gate
Bridge ruin
Floor mosaic of Orpheus with animals and the seasons in the corners, Konuralp Müzesi
Funerary inscription of an actor, Konuralp Müzesi
literature
- Walter Ameling : The inscriptions of Prusias ad Hypium (= inscriptions of Greek cities from Asia Minor . Volume 27). Bonn, Habelt 1985, ISBN 3-7749-2114-8 .
- Gülbahar Baran Çelik, Turgut H. Zeyrek: Prusias Ad Hypium (Kieros) Anadolu'nun Kuzeybatısında Bir Kent (Konuralp / Üskübü). İstanbul 2005, ISBN 9-7580-7103-3 .
- Nezih Fıratlı: Prusias ad Hypium (Konuralp or Üskübü) 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 .
- Andrèe N. Rollas: Konuralp - Üskübü kilavuzu = Guide to Prusias-ad-Hypium. Istanbul 1967.
- Karl Strobel : Prusias [3]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 10, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01480-0 .
Web links
- PRUSIAS AD HYPIUM (Konuralp or Üskübü) Turkey
- Inscriptions from Prusias ad Hypium
- Theater von Prusias at theatrum.de
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