Traianopolis (Phrygia)
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Traianopolis, Trajanopolis, Tranopolis, or Tranupolis was a Roman
and Byzantine
city in Phrygia Pacatiana.
Trajanopolis has been variously identified; Radet locates it at Tcharik Keui, about three miles from Ghiaour Euren towards the south-east, on the road from Oushak to Sousouz Keui, in the Ottoman vilayet of Brusa, a village abounding in sculptures, marbles and fountains, where the name of the city may be read on the inscriptions. However, Ramsay
continues to identify Trajanopolis with Ghiasour Euren.
, who wrongly places this city in Greater Mysia
(another region of Asia Minor
). It was founded about 109 by the Grimenothyritae, who obtained permission from Roman emperor Hadrian
to give the place the name of his predecessor. It had its own coins. Hierocles
calls it Tranopolis.
, Traianopolis is usually called Tranopolis, and is mentioned as an episcopal see
up to the thirteenth century, among the suffragans of Laodicea
.
Le Quien names seven bishops of Trajanopolis:
Another, doubtless more ancient than the preceding, Demetrius, is known from one inscription .
Trajanopolis remains a Roman Catholic titular see
in the former Roman province
of Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea
.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
and Byzantine
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
city in Phrygia Pacatiana.
Trajanopolis has been variously identified; Radet locates it at Tcharik Keui, about three miles from Ghiaour Euren towards the south-east, on the road from Oushak to Sousouz Keui, in the Ottoman vilayet of Brusa, a village abounding in sculptures, marbles and fountains, where the name of the city may be read on the inscriptions. However, Ramsay
William Mitchell Ramsay
Sir William Mitchell Ramsay was a Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar. By his death in 1939 he had become the foremost authority of his day on the history of Asia Minor and a leading scholar in the study of the New Testament...
continues to identify Trajanopolis with Ghiasour Euren.
History
The only geographer who speaks of Trajanopolis is PtolemyPtolemy
Claudius Ptolemy , was a Roman citizen of Egypt who wrote in Greek. He was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology. He lived in Egypt under Roman rule, and is believed to have been born in the town of Ptolemais Hermiou in the...
, who wrongly places this city in Greater Mysia
Mysia
Mysia was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor or Anatolia . It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was bounded by Bithynia on the east, Phrygia on the southeast, Lydia on the south, Aeolis on the southwest, Troad on the west and by the Propontis on the north...
(another region of Asia Minor
Asia Minor
Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
). It was founded about 109 by the Grimenothyritae, who obtained permission from Roman emperor Hadrian
Hadrian
Hadrian , was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138. He is best known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Roman Britain. In Rome, he re-built the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma. In addition to being emperor, Hadrian was a humanist and was philhellene in...
to give the place the name of his predecessor. It had its own coins. Hierocles
Hierocles (author of Synecdemus)
Hierocles or Hierokles was a Byzantine geographer of the sixth century and the attributed author of the Synecdemus or Synekdemos, which contains a table of administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire and lists of the cities of each...
calls it Tranopolis.
Ecclesiastical history
In the Notitia EpiscopatuumNotitiae Episcopatuum
The Notitiae Episcopatuum are official documents that furnish Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church....
, Traianopolis is usually called Tranopolis, and is mentioned as an episcopal see
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...
up to the thirteenth century, among the suffragans of Laodicea
Laodicea on the Lycus
Laodicea on the Lycus was the ancient metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana , built on the river Lycus , in Anatolia near the modern village of Eskihisar , Denizli Province,...
.
Le Quien names seven bishops of Trajanopolis:
- John, present at the Council of ConstantinopleCouncil of ConstantinopleCouncil of Constantinople can refer to:*Council of Constantinople , a local council*First Council of Constantinople, the Second Ecumenical Council, in 381 or 383.*Synod of Constantinople , a local council which condemned Origen....
under the Patriarch GennadiusPatriarch Gennadius I of ConstantinopleSaint Gennadius,in Greek Άγιος Γεννάδιος,was the twenty-first Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople . Gennadius is seen to have been a learnt writer and followed the Antiochene school of literal exegesis although little writings has been left about him...
in 459 - John, at the Council of Constantinople under Menas in 536
- Asignius, at the Second Council of ConstantinopleSecond Council of ConstantinopleThe Second Council of Constantinople is recognized as the Fifth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Old Catholics, and a number of other Western Christian groups. It was held from May 5 to June 2, 553, having been called by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian...
in 553 - Tiberius, at the Council in Trullo in 692
- Philip, at the Second Council of NicaeaSecond Council of NicaeaThe Second Council of Nicaea is regarded as the Seventh Ecumenical Council by Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholic Churches and various other Western Christian groups...
in 787 - Eustathius, at the Photian Council of Constantinople in 879.
Another, doubtless more ancient than the preceding, Demetrius, is known from one inscription .
Trajanopolis remains a Roman Catholic titular see
Titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular bishop", "titular metropolitan", or "titular archbishop"....
in the former Roman province
Roman province
In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and, until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of Italy...
of Phrygia Pacatiana, suffragan of Laodicea
Laodicea on the Lycus
Laodicea on the Lycus was the ancient metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana , built on the river Lycus , in Anatolia near the modern village of Eskihisar , Denizli Province,...
.