Ariarathia or Ariaratheia (Ancient Greek: Ἀριαράθεια) was a town of ancient Cappadocia, in the Sargarausene region, inhabited during Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[1]
History
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It was founded by Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia (r. 220–163 BCE). It was detached from Cappadocia and assigned to the province of Armenia Minor when that province was established.[2] The town had city rights.[3] The town belonged to the so-called Armenian Hexapolis and remained under Byzantine control in the seventh century.[4] In lack of archaeological findings, it seems that the city vanished during the eighth or ninth century when the Muslim onslaught rendered the area between Caeserea and Melitene a no man's land.[5]
Its site is located near Pınarbaşı, Asiatic Turkey.[1][6] While Ramsay identified it with the town of Tzamandos, this is incorrect as Tzamandos is 15 km west of Ariarathia.[3]
Diocese
editIt became the seat of a bishop and a certain Acacius of Ariarathia is known to have defended the view of Cyril against Theodoret and the eastern Bishops in the time of the Council of Ephesus, 449.[7] A No longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[8]
See also
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edit- ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 64, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Strobel, Karl. "Ariarathia". Brill's New Pauly. doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e134900.
- ^ a b Cohen, Getzel M. (2 November 1996). The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor. University of California Press. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-520-91408-7. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Cooper & Decker 2012, p. 263.
- ^ Cooper & Decker 2012, p. 226.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Menze, Volker-Lorenz (2023). Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire. Oxford University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-19-287133-6. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
Sources
edit- Cooper, Eric; Decker, Michael J. (24 July 2012). Life and Society in Byzantine Cappadocia. Springer. pp. 17, 25–28, 43. ISBN 978-1-137-02964-5. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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