Tymbrias (), or Timbrias (Τιμβρίας), or Timbriada (Τιμβρίαδα) or Tymbriada (Τυμβρίαδα) was an ancient city in the
Roman province
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of
Pisidia
Pisidia (; , ; ) was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Pamphylia, northeast of Lycia, west of Isauria and Cilicia, and south of Phrygia, corresponding roughly to the modern-day province of Antalya in Turkey. Among Pisidia's set ...
. It stood close to the source of the
Eurymedon River Eurymedon may refer to:
Historical figures
*Eurymedon (strategos) (died 413 BC), one of the Athenian generals (strategoi) during the Peloponnesian War
*Eurymedon of Myrrhinus, married Plato's sister, Potone; he was the father of Speusippus
*Eurym ...
in what is now
Isparta Province
Isparta Province () is a province in southwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Afyon to the northwest, Burdur to the southwest, Antalya to the south, and Konya to the east. Its area is 8,946 km2, and its population is 445,325 (2022). The p ...
of
Turkey
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, perhaps at the village of Akcaşar.
Description
According to
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-si ...
,
Artemidorus Ephesius
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Biogr ...
included Tymbrias in a list of Pisidian cities. Extant inscriptions show that in Roman times it was a fully recognized Greek
polis
Polis (: poleis) means 'city' in Ancient Greek. The ancient word ''polis'' had socio-political connotations not possessed by modern usage. For example, Modern Greek πόλη (polē) is located within a (''khôra''), "country", which is a πατ ...
that, for instance, sent embassies to the emperor.
In the 2nd and 3rd centuries, Tymbrias minted its own coins, some of which bore the image of the river god Eurymedon. Remains can be seen of a shrine dedicated to him, which was situated above the river in front of a cave and which was approached by a bridge and a monumental stairway. A marble statue found near the cave has an inscription on its base referring to the god Eurymedon. Further excavations at the cave uncovered a 2nd-century mother goddess image.
Tymbrias became the seat of a Christian bishop, a
suffragan see
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of
Antiochia in Pisidia, the
metropolitan see
Metropolitan may refer to:
Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
* Metropolitan ...
and capital of Pisidia. It is included in the
Catholic Church
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's list of
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 metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi ...
s.
[''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 990]
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See also
*
List of Catholic titular sees
This is the official list of titular sees of the Catholic Church included in the ''Annuario Pontificio''. Archiepiscopal sees are shown in bold.
The Italian-language ''Annuario Pontificio'' devotes some 200 pages to listing these sees, with up to ...
References
Bibliography
Hartwin Brandt
Hartwin Brandt (born 29 June 1959 in Flensburg) is a German ancient historian.
Hartwin Brandt studied history, German studies and Latin philology at the University of Kiel from 1979 to 1985. After his first Staatsexamen in 1985, he received his do ...
, "Timbriada" in ''Der Neue Pauly'' Band 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, .
External links
Coins of Pisidia: Timbriada *
* Eckart Olshausen, "Tymbrias" in ''Der Kleine Pauly'', Band 5, Stuttgart 1975, p. 1019.
Catholic titular sees in Asia
History of Isparta Province
Populated places in Pisidia
Former populated places in Turkey
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
Populated places of the Byzantine Empire
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