Asia Minor in the Greco-Roman period - general map - regions and main settlements

Cinna or Kinna was a town of

ancient Galatia Galatia (; grc, Γαλατία, ''Galatía'', "Gaul") was an ancient area in the highlands of central Anatolia, roughly corresponding to the provinces of Ankara and Eskişehir, in modern Turkey. Galatia was named after the Gauls from Thrace (c ...

. It was also the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential see, it remains a

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of the

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Location

Its site is located near Karahamzılı, Asiatic Turkey. The exact location of Cinna is now lost though it is thought to have been near village of

Balyk Koyounji Balyk (from Turkic balïq) is the salted and dried soft parts of fish, usually coming from large valuable species: ''acipenseridae'' (e.g., sturgeon) or ''salmonidae'' (salmon). The word means "fish" in Turkic languages (written '' balık'' in T ...

(vilayet of Angora) in a rich corn-growing area, west of

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

History

During the late

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

the town was a

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of a

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, several of whom are known to us. * Gregorius, attendee at Council of Niceae 325 * Philumenus of Cinna * Acacius * Daniel * Amiantus * Plato * GeorgeCONSTANS II AND THE ROMAN CHURCH : A POSSIBLE INSTANCE OF IMPERIAL PRESSURE, P. A. B. Llewellyn ''Byzantion'' Vol. 46, No. 1 (1976), pp. 120-126. * Synesius * Thrasius * Antonius

References

Populated places in ancient Galatia Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey Populated places of the Byzantine Empire History of Konya Province {{Konya-geo-stub