Appia (Phrygia)

Appia (Ancient Greek: Ἀππία) was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[1] According to Pliny the Elder, it belonged to the conventus of Synnada.[2] It became the seat of a bishop in the ecclesiastical province of Phrygia Pacatiana; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3]

Its site is located near Pınarcık in Asiatic Turkey.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.29.
  3. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Appia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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