Eirenoupolis(73 words)
[German version]
(Εἰρηνούπολις; Eirēnoúpolis). Today Çatalbadem (formerly İrnebol) in Cilicia Tracheia (in the region of Lacanitis, Ptol. 5,7,6). Founded by Antiochus IV of Commagene. From AD 355 to 359, the city was surrounded by a wall. From the early 4th cent., it belonged to the province of Isauria; diocese (suffragan of Seleucea on the Calycadnus).
Hild, Friedrich (Vienna)
Bibliography
G. Bean, T. B. Mitford, Journeys in Rough Cilicia 1964-1968, 1970, 205ff.
Hild/Hellenkemper, s.v. E. 1).
Cite this page
Hild, Friedrich (Vienna),
“Eirenoupolis”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 20 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e327650>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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