Alabanda

Ἀλάβανδα(in Ancient Greek)
Remains of Alabanda'sbouleuterion
Alabanda Shown within Turkey
Alternative name	Antiochia of the Chrysaorians
Location	Doğanyurt,Aydın Province,Turkey
Region	Caria
Coordinates	37°35′30″N27°59′08″E / 37.59167°N 27.98556°E /37.59167; 27.98556
Type	Settlement

Alabanda (Ancient Greek:Ἀλάβανδα) orAntiochia of the Chrysaorians was a city ofancient Caria,Anatolia, the site of which is nearDoğanyurt, Çine,Aydın Province,Turkey.

The city is located in the saddle between two heights. The area is noted for its darkmarble and for gemstones that resembledgarnets.Stephanus of Byzantium claims that there were two cities named Alabanda (Alabandeus) in Caria, but no other ancient source corroborates this.

According to legend, the city was founded by theCarian heroAlabandus. In theCarian language, the name is a combination of the words for horseala and victorybanda. On one occasion,Herodotus mentions Alabanda being located inPhrygia, instead of in Caria, but the same city was meant.^[1]Amyntas, son of thePersian officialBubares and grandson of theMacedonian KingAmyntas, received control of the city from KingXerxes I (r. 486-465 BC).^[2][3]

In the earlySeleucid period, the city was part of theChrysaorian League, a loose federation of nearby cities linked by economic and defensive ties and, perhaps, by ethnic ties. The city was renamedAntiochia of the Chrysaorians in honor ofSeleucid kingAntiochus III who preserved the city's peace. It was captured byPhilip V of Macedon in 201BC. The name reverted to Alabanda after the Seleucid defeat at theBattle of Magnesia in 190 BC. TheRomans occupied the city shortly thereafter.

According toCicero in Greece, they worshiped several deified human beings, at Alabanda there wasAlabandus.^[4]

In 40 BC, the rebelQuintus Labienus at the head of aParthian army took the city. After Labienus's garrison was slaughtered by the city's inhabitants, the Parthian army stripped the city of its treasures. Under theRoman Empire, the city became aconventus (Pliny, V, xxix, 105) andStrabo reports on its reputation for high living and decadence. The city minted its coins until the mid-third century. During theByzantine Empire, the city was a created as abishopric.

The ruins of Alabanda are 8 km west ofÇine and consist of the remains of a theatre and several other buildings, but excavations have yielded very few inscriptions.

The names of some bishops of Alabanda are known because they participated in church councils. Thus Theodoret was at theCouncil of Chalcedon in 451, Constantine at theTrullan Council in 692, another Constantine at theSecond Council of Nicaea in 787, and John at thePhotianCouncil of Constantinople (879). The names of two non-orthodox bishops of the see are also known: Zeuxis, who was deposed forMonophysitism in 518, and Julian, who was bishop from around 558 to around 568 and was aJacobite.^[5][6] No longer a residential diocese, Alabanda is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.^[7][8]

• Aridolis, tyrant of Alabanda during theSecond Persian invasion of Greece
• Amyntas, tyrant of Alabanda and grandson ofAmyntas I
• Leon of Alabanda (Λέων), a Greek rhetorician and writer^[9]
• Apollonius the Effeminate, a Greek rhetorician
• Menecles of Alabanda (Μενεκλῆς), a Greek rhetorician, brother of Hierocles^[10]
• Hierocles of Alabanda (Ἱεροκλῆς), a Greek rhetorician, and brother of Menecles^[10]
• Apollonius Molon, a Greek rhetorician
• Apaturius, a Greek scene-painter
• Menedemus of Alabanda (Μενέδημος), a Greek general who participated in theBattle of Raphia

• Theodoret (mentioned in 451)
• Zeuxis (? – 518 deposed) (Monophysite)
• Julian (about 558 – about 568) (Jacobite)^[11]
• Constantine (mentioned in 692)
• Constantine II (mentioned in 787)
• John (mentioned in 879)
• Saba (9th–10th century)
• Nicephorus (11th century)
• Anonymous (mentioned 11th century)
• William O'Carroll, (February 3, 1874 – October 13, 1880)^[12][13][14]
• Rocco Leonasi (March 30, 1882 – March 14, 1883)
• Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè (August 9, 1883 – May 24)
• Nicola Lorusso (June 23, 1890 – June 8, 1891)
• John Brady (June 19, 1891 – January 6, 1910)
• Joseph Lang (February 26, 1915 – 1 November 1924)
• François Chaize,(May 12, 1925 – February 23, 1949)
• José María García Grain, (March 10, 1949 – May 27, 1959)
• Michel Ntuyahaga (June 11, 1959 – November 10, 1959
• James William Malone (January 2, 1960 – May 2, 1968)

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• Briant, Pierre (2002).From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns.ISBN 978-1575061207.
• Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian, eds. (2010).A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. John Wiley and Sons.ISBN 978-1-44-435163-7.

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