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Diospolis ('City of Zeus') may
refer to:
Diospolis (Bithynia), in Bithynia,
Anatolia Diospolis (Lydia), in Lydia,
Anatolia Diospolis (Pontus), in Pontus...
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George as a
soldier saint from
early times had its
centre in
Palestine at
Diospolis, now
Lydda (known as Lod to Israelis). St
George was
apparently martyred...
- was
called Diospolis Mikra (Ancient Gr****: Διὸς πόλις Μικρά, lit. 'lesser city of Zeus') in
comparison with Thebes, Egypt,
known as
Diospolis Megale, "greater...
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Synod of
Diospolis was a 415
synod in
Diospolis (now Lod, Israel) in
which Pelagius was
accused of
heresy by the
exiled Gallic bishops. It
followed a council...
- into Gr**** as
Diospolis, "City of Zeus". To
distinguish it from the
numerous other cities by this name, it was
known as the "Great
Diospolis" (Διόσπολις...
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Zelitis and Magnopolitis.
Pompeius made
Cabira a city, and gave it the name
Diospolis (Διόσπολις).
Pythodoris enlarged it, gave it the name
Sebaste (Σεβαστή)...
- west of Develtus, on the
river Tonsus. The town
later bore the
names of
Diospolis (Διὸς Πόλις), and Goloë (Γολόη). The
acropolis of the
ancient city was...
- were all Latin. A few
months later in
December of 415, at the
synod of
Diospolis (Lydda)
under the
bishop of Cæsarea was
called by two
deposed bishops...
- Asia with the
annexation of the
Attalid kingdom. It also bore the name
Diospolis (Διόσπολις), and was
cited by the
sixth century Byzantine geographer Steph****...
- elongata. However, a year
later Westwood renamed Lydda as
Diospolis.
Although the name
Diospolis was
subsequently used by
various authors, the name Lydda...
