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EFPATORIA (Ancient city) TURKEY
A town in Pontus, at the confluence of the rivers Lycus and Iris,
was founded by Mithridates Eupator, who called it Eupatoria; but it was completed
by Pompey the Great, who changed its name into Magnopolis (Strab. xii. p. 556).
The town seems to have fallen into decay at tan early period, as it is not mentioned
by any late writer. Appian (Mithrid. 78, 115) speaks of it under both names, Eupatoria
and Magnopolis, and Strabo in one passage (xii. p. 560) speaks of it under the
name of Megalopolis. Ruins of the place are said to exist some miles to the west
of Sonnisa, at a place called Boghaz Hissan Kaleh. (Hamilton, Researches, i. p.
340.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
(Magnopolis) or Eupatoria Magnopolis. A city of Pontus in Asia Minor near the union of the rivers Lycus and Iris. It was begun by Mithridates Eupator and finished by Pompey the Great.
At the confluence of the Yesil Irmak (Iris fi.) and the Kelkit Cayi
(Lycus fi.), 12 km NW of Erbaa. Founded by Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus under
the name Eupatoria, and refounded as Magnopolis by Pompeius Magnus in 64 B.C.
Pompey restored the city, which had been devastated by Mithridates himself in
revenge for opening its gates to Lucullus in 70 B.C., and gave it a territory
including the fertile plain of Talova (Phanaroia). Magnopolis then disappears
from history. Presumably it was presented to Polemon I of Pontus by Mark Antony
and became eclipsed by its neighbor Diospolis Sebaste, which was the capital of
Polemon's successor Pythodoris.
No significant trace remains visible. The nucleus of the city seems
to have been a rocky hillock on the right bank of the Yesil Irmak shortly before
the river enters its gorge to pass through the coastal mountains to the sea.
D. R. Wilson, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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