Hermocapelia

Hermocapelia or Hermokapeleia, also possibly known as Thyessos, was a town of ancient Lydia.[1] It was inhabited from Classical through Byzantine times.[1] It stood on the Hermus River,[2] "to the west of Apollonis in its own little plain almost completely surrounded by mountains."[3]

Lydia in about 50 CE.

It was mentioned by Pliny the Elder[4] and Hierocles[5] but is best known for its coins which it minted,[6][7] and which are in existence today.

The city was the site of an ancient bishopric[8] which remains a vacant titular see to this day.[9][10]

Its site is located in Sakarkaya, Akhisar, south of Suleymanköy in Asiatic Turkey.[1][11]

References
  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. John-Anthony Cramer, A Geographical And Historical Description of Asia Minor with a Map. (Oxford University Press, 1832), p 433-434.
  3. Halsey L. Royden, The Magistrates of the Roman Professional Collegia in Italy: From the First to the Third Century A.D. (Review by: Willem Jongman) American Journal of Philology Vol. 111, No. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 281-283 .
  4. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.30.
  5. Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 670.
  6. Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Hermocapelia.
  7. mantis.
  8. Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus (ex Typographia Regia, 1740) p.889.
  9. Hermocapelia at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  10. Hermocapelia at GCathollic.org.
  11. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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