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	Pompeiopolis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The borders of Pompeiopolis reach the Küre mountains to the north, Ilgaz mountains to the south, Halys river to the east and Pınarbaşı valley to the west.
		Pompeiopolis is said to have been established together with Andrapa-Neapolis by the Roman general and politician Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) in the year 64 BC in the double province of Bithynia - Pontus.
		It is believed that Pompeiopolis was shortly deserted in late 6th or early 7th centuries AD due to the attacks of Persian or Arab tribes, and with the rearrangements of the Byzantine emperor Justinian.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pompeiopolis (498 words)

	Pompeiopolis
		Gelzer, 535) ranks it as an autocephalous archdiocese, which title it probably received when Justinian (Novellæ, xxix) reorganized the province of Paphlagonia.
		In the eleventh century Pompeiopolis became a metropolitan see (Parthey, "Hieroclis Synecdemus", 97) and it was still such in the fourteenth century (Gelzer, "Ungedruckte-Texte der Notitiæ episcopatuum", 608).
		Pompeiopolis is now called Tach-Keupru (bridge of stone), because of an ancient bridge over the Tatai-Tchai or Gueul-Irmak, the ancient Ammias, and is in the sandjak and vilayet of Kastamouni twenty-five miles north-east of that town.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/pompeiopolis.html (305 words)

	A. KADİR BARAN: Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia (pp. 819-838) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After this time Pompeiopolis started to be developed and had been the metropolis of Paphlagonia in the period between the emperors Antoninus Pius and Gallienus.
		The city had been governed by Claudius Severus who was also the son-in-law of Marcus Aurelius in the second half of the 2nd Century AD., and he has been accepted as the Ktistes and the Patron of the city.
		The history of Pompeiopolis during the late Roman and early Byzantine periods is learned from the Bishop's Lists.
	www.ttk.gov.tr /ingilizce/yayinlar/belleten/belleten247c.htm (226 words)

	Dark Ages: Wales by Night
		While they fought well, they were little match for the might of the Goths, who were soon victorious and moved on to the Roman city of Pompeiopolis where they laid siege.
		Pompeiopolis was overwhelmed, and Unai was brought before the Goth leader, Ataulf.
		Ataulf was forced to halt his campaign, and return to Pompeiopolis himself.
	www.walkingshadows.org /DA/legends.htm (2296 words)

	Prologue: hagiographies of the saints
		Calliopius was still a youngster when a terrible persecution began during the reign of Emperor Maximian.
		Landing in Pompeiopolis he fell into the midst of a tumultuous polytheistic celebration.
		When Calliopius refused to participate in this ridiculous feast, at the insistence of the crazed mob, he was pushed toward Maximus the commander, before whom Calliopius confessed that he was a Christian.
	www.mpc.org.mk /English/Calendar/prologue.asp?id=1291 (321 words)

	Serbian Orthodox Church - The Holy Martyr Calliopus
		To save him from death, his mother put him into a ship, gave him a sufficient sum of money and sent him off to the city of Pompeiopolis.
		Disembarking at Pompeiopolis, Calliopus walked straight into some tumultuous pantheistic celebration.
		When he, in the press of the crazed mob, refused to take part in that senseless feast, he was brought to the commander, Maximus, to whom he confessed that he was a Christian.
	www.serbianorthodoxchurch.net /cgi-bin/saints.cgi?view=810068380389 (353 words)

	Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery - Pompeiopolis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pompeiopolis (AD 161-175) AE 27 - Faustina II – 31 viewsFaustina II, 161-175 AD.
		Pompeiopolis (AD 161-169) AE 30 - Lucius Verus – 27 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD.
		Draped and cuirassed bust R / MHTRO PAFLA - POMPHI OPOLIC, Tyche standing L. Brown patina, VF.
	www.asiaminorcoins.com /gallery/thumbnails.php?album=36 (103 words)

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