Homana
Homana, also known as Homona and Homonanda,[1] was a town of ancient Pisidia and later of Isauria and Lycaonia, inhabited in Hellenistic and Roman times.[2] Pliny the Elder puts the town in Pisidia.[3] It appears in the Synecdemus as part of Lycaonia under the name Umanada or Oumanada (Ancient Greek:
Its site is located southwest of Lake Trogitis, Seydişehir, Konya Province, Turkey.[2][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Le Quien, Michel (1740). "Dioecesis Asiana". Oriens Christianus (in Latin). Vol. Tomus Primus. Paris: Typographia Regia. pp. 1077–1080. LCCN 24029371.
- ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.23.
- ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 675.
- ^ comp. Tacitus. Annales. Vol. 3.48.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xii. pp. 569, 668, 679. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Homana". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Relevant literature
[edit]- Ramsay, W. M. "Studies in the Roman Province Galatia: I. The Homanadeis and the Homanadensian War." The Journal of Roman Studies 7 (1917): 229-283.