Ipsos
Afyonkarahisar · Archaeological site
Catalogue label
- Type
- Ancient city
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Afyonkarahisar
- Elevation
- 1,017 m
- Wikidata
- Q2732880
About
Ipsus or Ipsos (Ancient Greek: Ἴψος) or Ipsous (Ἴψους), was a town of ancient Phrygia a few miles below Synnada. The place itself never was of any particular note, but it is celebrated in history for the great battle fought in its plains, in 301 BCE, by the aged Antigonus and his son Demetrius against the combined forces of Cassander, Lysimachus, and Seleucus, in which Antigonus lost his conquests and his life. From Hierocles and the Acts of Councils, we learn that in the seventh and eighth centuries it was the see of a Christian bishop. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, Ipsus remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Location
Visiting here? The next 5 places nearby
The best-known places close by, in the shortest order from Ipsos: about 105 km and 2 h of travel, plus roughly 6 h 30 min for the visits.
24 km · 24 min by car
DokimeionAfyonkarahisar
36 km · 36 min by car
Afyonkarahisar Archaeological MuseumAfyonkarahisar
18 km · 18 min by car
PrymessosAfyonkarahisar
26 km · 26 min by car
SynnadaAfyonkarahisar
1.0 km · 14 min on foot
Atatürk's HouseAfyonkarahisar, Şuhut
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