Claudiopolis (Galatia)
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Claudiopolis was an ancient city of Galatia
mentioned by Ptolemy
(v. 4) as belonging to the Trocmi
. It sat on the Halys river, northwest of Carissa
; but its site has not been located. From its name one can adduce that it was named for Roman emperor Claudius
.
Galatia
Ancient Galatia was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia in modern Turkey. Galatia was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace , who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. It has been called the "Gallia" of...
mentioned by Ptolemy
Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy , was a Roman citizen of Egypt who wrote in Greek. He was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology. He lived in Egypt under Roman rule, and is believed to have been born in the town of Ptolemais Hermiou in the...
(v. 4) as belonging to the Trocmi
Trocmi
The Trocmii or Trocmi were one of the three ancient tribes of Galatia in central Asia Minor, together with the Tolistobogii and Tectosages, part of the possible Celtic group who moved from Macedonia into Asia Minor in the early third century BCE ....
. It sat on the Halys river, northwest of Carissa
Carissa (Galatia)
Carissa was an ancient town of the Trocmi in Galatia, Anatolia, located between Etonea and Amasya....
; but its site has not been located. From its name one can adduce that it was named for Roman emperor Claudius
Claudius
Claudius , was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul and was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy...
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