38°28′20″N30°07′11″E / 38.4722714°N 30.1196556°E /38.4722714; 30.1196556Eucarpia orEukarpia (Ancient Greek:Εὐκαρπία) was a city inPhrygia and a bishopric in the lateRoman province ofPhrygia Salutaris, inAsia Minor.
Eukarpia, mentioned byStrabo (XII, 576) and several other geographers, was situated not far from the sources of theMaeander River, on a road fromDorylaeum toEumeneia, between the Dorylaeum-Acmonia and Dorylaeum-Synnada roads, probably at the modernEmirhissar, inAfyonkarahisar Province.[1]
It was situated in a very fertile district, to which it is said to have been indebted for its name. The vine especially grew there very luxuriously.[2]
Imposing ruins, seen by Hamilton in 1837, have almost disappeared. Little is known about the history of the city. Under Roman dominion, Eucarpia belonged to theconventus ofSynnada, to the southwest of which city it was situated.[3] It struck its own coins from the time ofAugustus until the reign ofVolusianus.
The bishopric, a suffragan ofSynnada, figures in theNotitiae episcopatuum until the twelfth or thirteenth century. Six bishops are known:
Eukarpia is included in theCatholic Church's list oftitular sees.[4]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Eucarpia".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Eucarpia".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.Authority control databases: Geographic |
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