Isaura Nea

Location of Isauria in Asia Minor

Isaura Nova or Isaura Nea (Greek: Ἴσαυρα Νέα, "New Isaura") was a town of the Roman and Byzantine era,[1] so called in juztaposition with the settlement of Isaura Palaea.[2]

Along with Isaura Palaea, the city was one of the two major settlements of the region of Isauria (Ἰσαυρία), now southern Turkey, and is identified with Aydoğmuş, formerly Dorla.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Review by: W. M. R. , Reviewed Works: Apophoreta Gotoburgensia, Vildmo Lundström oblata ; Denkmäler aus Lykaonien, Pamphylien, und Isaurien by H. Swoboda, J. Keil, F. Knoll The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 56, Part 2 (1936), pp. 257-261.
  2. 1 2 Tomaschitz, Kurt, "Isauria, Isauri", Brill’s New Pauly, retrieved 10 July 2016
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