Doclea (Illyria)

Doclea

Aerial view of the ancient city site in Doclea
Shown within Montenegro
Location	Podgorica, Montenegro
Region	Illyria, Dalmatia, Praevalitana
Coordinates	42°28′6″N 19°15′55″E / 42.46833°N 19.26528°E / 42.46833; 19.26528
Type	Settlement
History
Periods	Classical, Roman
Cultures	Illyrian, Roman
Site notes
Ownership	Public

Doclea or Dioclea, also known as Docleia or Diocleia (Montenegrin: Дукља, romanized: Duklja; Greek: Διοκλεία; Albanian: Dioklea), was an ancient Illyrian, Roman and Byzantine city, in the region of the Docleatae tribe (Roman province of Dalmatia, later Praevalitana), now an archeological site near Podgorica in modern Montenegro.^[1][2]

It was an episcopal see since the late Roman period, and during the Early Middle Ages. Today, it is a titular see, both in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and in the Catholic Church (Latin Rite).

When spelled as Diocleia or Diokleia, it should not be confused with ancient Phrygian city of Diokleia in Phrygia (Greek: Διόκλεια Φρυγίας).