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third by
metro area
after Konya and Sivas.
Ankara was
historically known as
Ancyra and Angora.
Serving as the
capital of the
ancient Celtic state of Galatia...
- antiquity. In
Phrygian tradition, King
Midas was
venerated as the
founder of
Ancyra, but
Pausanias mentions that the city was
actually far older, in line with...
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Saint Basil of
Ancyra (Gr****: Βασίλειος), was a
Christian priest and
saint in
Ancyra,
Galatia during the 4th century. Very
little information about his...
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Ancyra is a
small genus of
planthoppers of the
family Eurybrachidae and the only
genus in the
tribe Ancyrini.
Species in this
genus occur in southeast...
- The
Battle of
Ancyra was
fought in ca. 239 BC
between the
Seleucid King
Seleucus II
Callinicus and his
brother Prince Antiochus Hierax.
Civil war had raged...
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Basil of
Ancyra was a
Christian martyr who was
killed during the
reign of
Julian the
Apostate (331–362). He is not to be
confused with the hieromartyr...
- The
Synod of
Ancyra was an
ecclesiastical council, or synod,
convened in
Ancyra, the seat of the
Roman administration for the
province of Galatia, in 314...
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Theodotus of
Ancyra may
refer to two
separate saints:
Theodotus of
Ancyra (martyr) (fl. 303)
Theodotus of
Ancyra (bishop) (fl. 431–432) This disambiguation...
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Marcellus of
Ancyra (Gr****: Μάρκελλος Άγκυρας, died c. 374) was a
Bishop of
Ancyra and one of the
bishops present at the
Council of
Ancyra and the First...
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Theodotus of
Ancyra (Gr****: Θεόδοτος Άγκυρας) was a fourth-century (fl. 303 AD)
Christian martyr. On 18 May, the
Roman Martyrology says: "At
Ancyra, in Galatia...
