Town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia
Hierapolis /ˌhaɪəˈræpəlɪs/ (Ancient Greek : Ιεράπολις Ierapolis ) or Hieropolis (Ιερόπολις)[ 1] was a town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia , inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[ 2] Its bishop in the late 2nd century AD was Abercius , the subject of a famous inscription .[ 3]
Its site is located near Koçhisar in Asiatic Turkey .[ 4] [ 5]
^ W. M. Ramsay , The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia: Being an Essay of the Local History of Phrygia from the Earliest Times to the Turkish Conquest , Vol. 1, Part II (Clarendon Press, 1897), pp. 679–683.
^ Hierocles . Synecdemus . Vol. p. 676.
^ Ken Tully and Pamela D. Johnston (eds.), The Hagiography of Saint Abercius: Introduction, Texts, and Translations (Routledge, 2023), pp. 12–31.
^ Richard Talbert , ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9 .
^ Lund University . Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire .