Amblada

Amblada (Ancient Greek: Ἄμβλαδα) was a town of ancient Lycaonia or of Pisidia, inhabited in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[1] It was the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential see, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[2] Strabo places it in Pisidia;[3] the bishopric was suffragan to the metropolitan of Lycaonia.[2] The coin minted copper coins during the period of the Antonines and their successors, with the epigraph Ἀμβλαδέων.

For the insect genus, see Amblada (fly).

Its site is located near Hisartepe, Asiatic Turkey.[1][4]

References
  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 63, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Catholic Hierarchy
  3. Strabo. Geographica. p. 570. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Amblada". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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