Homana, also known as Homona and Homonanda, was a town of ancient Pisidia and later of

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and Lycaonia, inhabited in

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and Roman times. Pliny the Elder puts the town in Pisidia. It appears in the ''

Synecdemus The ''Synecdemus'' or ''Synekdemos'' ( el, Συνέκδημος) is a geographic text, attributed to Hierocles, which contains a table of administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire and lists of their cities. The work is dated to the reign o ...

'' as part of Lycaonia under the name Umanada or Oumanada ( grc, Οὐμανάδα). It was the capital of the Homanadeis (Ὁμαναδεῖς), who, besides Homana, are said by Tacitus to have possessed 44 forts, a statement opposed to the remarks of

Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...

, according to which the Homanades, the most barbarous of all Pisidian tribes, dwelt on the northern slope of the highest mountains without any towns or villages, living only in caves. In the reign of Augustus, the consul Quirinius compelled this little tribe, by famine, to surrender, and distributed 4000 of them as colonists among the neighbouring towns. It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains, under the name of Homona, a titular see of the Catholic Church. Its site is located southwest of Lake Trogitis,

Seydişehir Seydişehir is a town and district of Konya Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. According to a 2000 census, the population of the district is 85,456 of which 48,372 live in the town of Seydişehir. History Seydişehir has an extensive ...

, Konya Province, Turkey.

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Relevant literature

*Ramsay, W. M. "Studies in the Roman Province Galatia: I. The Homanadeis and the Homanadensian War." T''he Journal of Roman Studies'' 7 (1917): 229-283. Populated places in Pisidia Populated places in ancient Isauria Populated places in ancient Lycaonia Catholic titular sees in Asia Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey History of Konya Province {{Konya-geo-stub