Dometiopolis (Ancient Greek:Δομετιούπολις) was a city ofCilicia Trachea,[1] and in the laterRoman province ofIsauria[2] inAsia Minor. Its ruins are found in the village ofKatranlı (formerly Dindebul),Ermenek,Karaman Province,Turkey.[3]
The city, whose previous name is unknown, was named Dometiopolis (Greek: Δομετιούπολις) afterLucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC). According toConstantine Porphyrogenitus, it was one of the ten cities of theIsaurian Decapolis.[4][5]
Theepiscopal see of Dometiopolis is mentioned in Gustav Parthey'sNotitiæ episcopatuum, I and III, and inHeinrich Gelzer'sNova Tactica, 1618, as asuffragan ofSeleucia.Lequien (Oriens Christianus II, 1023) mentions five bishops, from 451 to 879.
It remains atitular see of theCatholic Church,[6] sometimes under the spelling "Domitiopolis".[5]
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