Hieropolis
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.462, 30.198
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia
History
Hierapolis /ˌhaɪəˈræpəlɪs/ or Hieropolis (Ιερόπολις) was a town of the Phrygian Pentapolis in ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. Its bishop in the late 2nd century AD was Abercius, the subject of a famous inscription.