Diospolis ('City of Zeus') may refer to:
Asia
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Diospolis (Bithynia), in Bithynia, Anatolia
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Diospolis (Lydia), in Lydia, Anatolia
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Diospolis (Pontus)
Cabira or Kabeira (; ) was a town of ancient Pontus in Asia minor, at the base of the range of Paryadres, about 150 stadia south of Eupatoria or Magnopolis, which was at the junction of the Iris and the Lycus.
History and views
Eupatori ...
, in Pontus, Anatolia
* Diospolis, later Byzantine Lydda, now
Lod
Lod (, ), also known as Lydda () and Lidd (, or ), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephelah on the east and the coastal plain on the west. The ci ...
in modern Israel
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Synod of Diospolis Synod of Diospolis was a 415 synod in Diospolis (now Lod, Israel) in which Pelagius was accused of heresy by the exiled Gallic bishops. It followed a council held earlier that year.
Heros of Arles was installed as bishop in the face of local opp ...
in above Lydda
* The first known name of
Laodicea on the Lycus
Laodicea on the Lycus ( ''Laodikeia pros tou Lykou''; , also transliterated as ''Laodiceia'' or ''Laodikeia'') ( or archaically as ) was a rich ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, now Turkey, on the river Lycus (Çürüksu). It was located in the ...
in Phrygia, Anatolia
Egypt
* Diospolis Magna (Great Zeus-City), the Greco-Roman name of Pharaonic
Thebes
* Diospolis Parva (Little Zeus-City) or Diospolis Superior, the Greco-Roman names of Pharaonic
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* Dispolis Inferior (Lower Zeus-City), the Greco-Roman name of Pharaonic
Paiuenamun
Europe
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Diospolis in Thracia, a city and bishopric in Thrace, now in Bulgaria
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