GordusorGordos (Ancient Greek: Γόρδος),[1] also known as Julia GordusorIulia Gordos, and possibly also known as Porotta,[2][3] was an ancient Greek city located in eastern Lydia (modern western Turkey). It was a strategically important town founded by the Seleucid Kings. The Julio-Claudian emperors of the Roman Empire renamed the city Julia Gordos in the 1st century and the city minted its own coins.[4][5][6]
The city achieved the full status of a polis under the Flavian emperors.[7]
It was the home to Appolophanes the physician,[8] and there is epigraphical evidence of both pagans[9] and Christians in the town.[10]
Three bishops of the town are known: Isidor attended Third Council of Constantinople, Neophytus attended the Second Council of Nicaea and Stephen attended the Photian Council of 870. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[11]
Its site is located near Eski GördesinAsiatic Turkey.[2][3]
38°52′36″N 28°18′51″E / 38.876702°N 28.31421°E / 38.876702; 28.31421
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