Themisonion
Themisonion ( Greek Θεμισώνιον ) was an ancient city in Asia Minor in what is now Turkey. It was located in the southwest of Phrygia in the upper Indos Valley on the border with Pisidia , to which it was temporarily assigned. The exact location is not localized. According to the Tabula Peutingeriana , Themisonion was 34 miles from Laodikeia .
Themisonion was named after Themison, a Cypriot and courtier of the Seleucid king Antiochus II in the 3rd century BC. The place presumably already existed under a different name. In the event of a Celtic invasion , the inhabitants are said to have escaped to a cave about 30 stadia away. During the imperial era, the city minted its own coins. Themisonion existed until late antiquity. The titular bishopric of Themisonium of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to a diocese of the city .
literature
- Eckart Olshausen : Themisonion. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 677.
- William Mitchell Ramsay : The cities and bishoprics of Phrygia . Volume 1. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1895, pp. 260-261 ( online ).
- Themisonium . In: William Smith: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London 1854 ( online ).
Web links
- Coins of Themisonion (English)