Iotape

Town in ancient Cilicia

Iotape, Iotapa or Jotape (Ancient Greek: Ἰωτάπη^[1] or Ἰοτάπη^[2]) was a small town of ancient Cilicia, in the district called Selenitis, not far from Selinus.^[1]^[3] It was later assigned to Isauria where it was the seat of a bishop;^[4] no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains under the name Iotapa in Isauria a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^[5] It minted coins dating to the emperors Philip and Valerian.

Its site is located near Aydap İskelesi, in Asiatic Turkey.^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.8.2.
^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 709.
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.22.
^ Concil. Chalced. p. 659
^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, 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). "Jotape". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.