Metropolis in Asia

Metropolis in Asia is both a Roman Era city and a vacant Titular See[1] located in the eccumenical province of Asia, in what is today Tratsa, Turkey (near Tatarili[2] and Haidarli[3]

City

Provence of Asia

The Roman city, also called Pisidian Nikopolis,[4] had its own Geurisia Council[5] and at times minted its own coins.[6]

It is probable that Metropolis was founded as a Hellenistic Colony, [7] as many names on inscriptions in the city have Macedonian names. The City was mentioned by Livy[8] and Strabo.[9]

Bishopric

Bishops

References

  1. Metropolis in Asia at Catholic heirachy.org.
  2. Getzel M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor (University of California Press, 2Nov.,1996) P 313-314.
  3. Ramsay, Journal of helenic Studies April 1883.
  4. W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press, 2010) p403.
  5. Sviatoslav Dmitriev, City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (Oxford University Press, 2005 ) page 132.
  6. Metropolis at Asia Minor Coins.com.
  7. Getzel M. Cohen, The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor (University of California Press, 2Nov.,1996) P 313-314.
  8. Livy 38:15-18
  9. Strabo 14:2:29

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