Hadrianotherae

Town of ancient Mysia

Hadrianotherae or Hadrianutherae or Hadrianoutherai (Ancient Greek: Ἁδριανοῦ Θῆραι) was a town of ancient Mysia, on the road from Ergasteria to Miletopolis. It was built by the emperor Hadrian to commemorate a successful hunt which he had had in the neighbourhood.^[1] Coins from this town issued during the reign of Hadrian onwards are preserved. It seems to have been a place of some note; for it was the see of a bishop, and on its coins a senate is mentioned.^[2] No longer a residential see, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^[3]

Its site is located near Balıkesir in Asiatic Turkey.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Cassius Dio, Historia Romana 69.10; Augustan History, Hadr. 20.
^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 663, 6.
^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ 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). "Hadrianutherae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.