Epiphania was a city in Cilicia Secunda (Cilicia Trachea), in Anatolia. Çukurova is the modern name for the ancient region of Cilicia (or to be more precise of Cilicia Pedia, "the flat Cilicia" in southern Turkey Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black
The city was originally called Oiniandos, and was located in the area of the famous Gülek Pass(Cilician Gates). The Cilician Gates ( Turkish: Gülek Boğazı, "Gülek Pass" form the main pass through the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey In the second century BC the city was renamed Epiphania, in honour of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, King of Syria from 175 BC to 164 BC. The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. Another Antiochus IV Epiphanes was king in Commagene under Caligula and Claudius. Events By place Seleucid Empire King Seleucus IV of Syria arranges for the exchange of his brother Antiochus for
The city is mentioned in the writings of Ptolemy and Pliny the Elder. Claudius Ptolemaeus ( Greek: Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; after 83 &ndash ca Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, ( AD 23 – August 25, AD 79 better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient Author Cicero stayed there briefly during his exile. Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Classical Latin ˈkikeroː usually ˈsɪsərəʊ in English January 3, 106 BC &ndash December 7, 43 BC was a Roman In 66 BC the Roman general Pompey led a campaign against the mediterranean pirates. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'pɑmpi/ Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir ( Classical Latin abbreviation Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'pɑmpi/ Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir ( Classical Latin abbreviation After the surrender of the pirates, they were dispersed and many were settled at Epiphania.
According to Gibbon, Saint George was born here, in a fuller's shop [1], in the late fourth century. Edward Gibbon ( April 27, 1737 January 16, 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. In Christian hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century Saint Amphion was the earliest known bishop of Epiphania in 325, as a suffragan of the Bishop of Anazarbus. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Events By Place Roman Empire Gladiatorial combat is outlawed in the Roman Empire A suffragan bishop is a Bishop subordinate to a Metropolitan bishop or Diocesan bishop. Anazarbus in Ancient Clicia (Adana (med Ain Zarba; mod Anavarza) was an ancient Cilician city situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey He attended the First Council of Nicaea in 325, and later suffered under the persecutions of Diocletian. The First Council of Nicaea, held in Nicaea in Bithynia (present-day İznik in Turkey) convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine Events By Place Roman Empire Gladiatorial combat is outlawed in the Roman Empire Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus ( ca. December 22 244 The modern historian Timothy Barnes takes December 22 as his birthdate
Today its ruins include the remains of walls, a temple, an acropolis, an aqueduct, and many houses, all built in basalt.
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