Aurokra

Aurokra

Aurokra

Town of ancient Phrygia

Aurokra or Aurokla or Aurocla or Aulokra[1] was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[2] It became a bishopric; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains, under the name Aurocla, a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3]

Its site is located above Dort Köy near Doğancık in Asiatic Turkey.[2][4]

References

  1. [1]
    William Mitchell Ramsay (1897). The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia. pp. 480–482.
  2. [2]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  3. [3]
    Catholic Hierarchy
  4. [4]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

38°31′55″N 31°11′56″E


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