Ipsus
IpsusorIpsos(Ancient Greek:Ἴψος) orIpsous(Ἴψους), was a town ofancient Phrygiaa few miles belowSynnada.The place itself never was of any particular note, but it is celebrated in history for the greatbattlefought in its plains, in 301 BCE, by the agedAntigonusand his sonDemetriusagainst the combined forces ofCassander,Lysimachus,andSeleucus,in which Antigonus lost his conquests and his life.[1]FromHierocles[2]and the Acts of Councils,[3]we learn that in the seventh and eighth centuries it was the see of a Christian bishop. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, Ipsus remains atitular seeof theRoman Catholic Church.[4]
Its site is located nearÇayırbağinAsiatic Turkey.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^PlutarchPyrrh.4;Appian,Syriac.55.
- ^Hierocles.Synecdemus.Vol. p. 677.
- ^Concil. Nicaen, ii. p. 161.
- ^Catholic Hierarchy
- ^Richard Talbert,ed. (2000).Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World.Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying.ISBN978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^Lund University.Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William,ed. (1854–1857). "Ipsus".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.London: John Murray.
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