Ceramus

Ceramus or Keramos (Ancient Greek: Κέραμος) is a city on the north coast of the Ceramic Gulf—named after this city—in ancient Caria, in southwest Asia Minor; its ruins can be found outside the modern village of Ören, Muğla Province, Turkey.^[1]

History

Ceramus, initially subjected to Stratonicea, afterwards autonomous, was a member of the Athenian League and was one of the chief cities of the Chrysaorian League (Bulletin de corresp. hellén., IX, 468). It probably had a temple of Zeus Chrysaoreus. In Roman times, it coined its own money.

Polites (Ancient Greek: Πολίτης) of Ceramus was a famous runner who won three different races in the same day at the Olympia.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Ecclesiastical history

Ceramus is mentioned in the Notitiae Episcopatuum until the 12th or 13th century as a bishopric suffragan to Aphrodisias, or Stauropolis. Three bishops are known: Spudasius (Σπουδάσιος), who attended the First Council of Ephesus in 431; Maurianus (Μαυριανός), who attended the Council of Nicaea in 787; and Symeon (Συμεών), who attended the council in Constantinople that reinstated Photius in 879.

Ceramus is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.^[5]

Ancient coins

Ancient Coins
Obol from Ceramus. It has the head of the god Apollo and a Bucranium, 2 BC.
Coin depicting the god Zeus Chrysaoreus and an eagle, 1 AD - 2 AD.

Gallery

Roman ruins, approx. 1st to 2nd century AD.
Roman bridge east of Keramos; approx. 1st to 2nd century AD.
Greek fortifications from pre-Christian times in the village of Ören,
Roman viaduct; approx. 1st to 2nd century AD near Ören,
Roman ruins in the north iof Keramos, approximative, 2nd century AD.

References

^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Eusebius, Chronography, §80
^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.13.3
^ Suda Encyclopedia, iota.572
^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 866

External links

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ceramus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.