Heraclea Salbace
Heraclea Salbace (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Σαλβάκη, romanized: Herakleia Salbake), Heraclea Salbaces (Ἡράκλεια Σαλβάκης - Herakleia Salbakes),[1] Heraclea ad Albanum (Ἡράκλεια πρὸς Ἀλβανῷ - Herakleia pros Albano),[2] or Heraclea Albace (Ἡράκλεια Ἀλβάκη),[3] or simply Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Caria.[4][5]
The place must have Christianised early as an early bishopric is attested. Bishop Polychronius represented the town at the Council of Ephesus. No longer a residential see, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[6]
Its site is located near Vakıf, Asiatic Turkey.[7][1]
References
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- Ptolemy. The Geography. 5.2.19.
- Suda, s.v.; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 5.29.
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v. Ἡράκλεια.
- Strabo. Geographica. xiv. p. 658. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Heracleia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.