Conium, also calledConni,Conna,Konna,Kone,Cone,Demetrioupolis andDemetriopolis,[1] was a town of ancientPhrygia Magna. According to thePeutinger Table, where the town name appears as Conni, it was located betweenEucarpia andNacolea, 32Roman Miles from Eucarpia and 40 from Nacolea.[2]Pliny the Elder calls the town Conium;[3] Ptolemy calls it Conna or Konna.[4] Under the Byzantine empire the town was called Cone or Kone (Ancient Greek:Κόνη), and was a bishopric ofPhrygia Salutaris, of whichSynnada was the metropolis. No longer the seat of a residential bishopric, it remains, under the name Cone, atitular see of theRoman Catholic Church.[5]
Its site is located nearZafertepeçalköy inAsiatic Turkey.[1][6]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Conni".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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