Stratonicea – (Greek:Στρατoνικεια, or Στρατονίκεια) alsotransliterated asStratoniceia andStratonikeia, earlierIndi, and later for a timeHadrianapolis – was an ancient city in the valley of theCaicus river, betweenGerme andAcrasus, inLydia,Anatolia; its site is currently near the village ofSiledik, in the district ofKırkağaç,Manisa Province, in theAegean Region ofTurkey.
The foundation of the city dates from theHellenistic period, probably on the site of an older settlement,Indi. One source namesEumenes II as the founder, who named the city after his wife,Stratonice. However, as severalSeleucid leaders also had wives named "Stratonice", the identification of the actual founder is not unchallenged. In antiquity, Stratonicea minted its own coins from the late 2nd century BC irregularly until the reign ofGallienus, in the mid-3rd century AD.[1][2] By 130 BC,Thyatira had annexed the city which had become merely a village. Stratonicea regained importance duringTrajan's reign. EmperorHadrian renamed the cityHadrianopolis after himself. Archaeological finds from the site are preserved in a museum in Manisa.[3]
The ancientbishopric of Stratonicea in Lydia is included in theCatholic Church's list oftitular sees.[4] The onlytitular bishop of the see was Alphonse Bermyn, who was appointed on 15 April 1901 and died on 16 February 1915.[5]
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