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Mygdale
Magydus () was a city and bishopric of ancient Pamphylia on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Asia Minor. It is probably the same as Mygdale (Μυγδάλη) described in the ''Stadiasmus Maris Magni''. Its site was probably at modern Lara (Antalya province), where there are ruins of a small artificial harbour. History Magydus was a small town with no notable history, on the coast between Attaleia and Perga, mentioned occasionally by geographers of the Roman and Late Antiquity periods, and on numerous coins of the imperial era. It was situated in the Roman province of Pamphylia Secunda. Ecclesiastical history The bishopric of Magydus was a suffragan of the archbishopric of Perga, the metropolitan see of that province, under the Patriarchate of Constantinople, until the 12th or 13th century. Five of its bishops are historically documented: * Aphrodisius, present at the First Nicene Council in 325 * Macedo, at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 * Conon, at the Second Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Pamphylia
Pamphylia (; , ''Pamphylía'' ) was a region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus (all in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey). It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line of only about 120 km (75 miles) with a breadth of about 50 km (30 miles). Under the Roman administration the term Pamphylia was extended so as to include Pisidia and the whole tract up to the frontiers of Phrygia and Lycaonia, and in this wider sense it is employed by Ptolemy. Name The name ''Pamphylia'' comes from the Greek Παμφυλία, itself from (''pamphylos''), literally "of mingled tribes or races", a compound of πᾶν (''pan''), neuter of πᾶς (''pas'') "all" + φυλή (''phylē''), "race, tribe". Herodotus derived its etymology from a Dorian tribe, the Pamphyloi (Πάμφυλοι), who were said to have colonized the region. The tribe, in turn, was said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
