Isaura Nea (Ancient Greek: Ἴσαυρα Νέα), in LatinIsaura Nova, both meaning 'New Isaura', was a town of the Roman and Byzantine era,[1] so called in juxtaposition with the settlement of Isaura Palaea.[2] It also bore the name Leontopolis,[3] and in later days was included in the province of Lycaonia.[4]
Along with Isaura Palaea, the city was one of the two major settlements of the region of Isauria (Ἰσαυρία), now southern Turkey, and is identified with Aydoğmuş, formerly Dorla, Bozkır, Konya Province.[2]
^Review by: W. M. R. , Reviewed Works: Apophoreta Gotoburgensia, Vildmo Lundström oblata ; Denkmäler aus Lykaonien, Pamphylien, und Isaurien by H. Swoboda, J. Keil, F. Knoll The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 56, Part 2 (1936), pp. 257-261.