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Cyzicus
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{{short description|Ancient town in Erdek, Balıkesir Province, Turkey}}{{about|the ancient town|the clam shrimp genus|Cyzicus (crustacean)}}- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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|location = Erdek, Balıkesir Province, Turkey
|region = Mysia
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|event = Siege of Cyzicus
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History
(File:Naiskos_stele_Cyzicus_Louvre_Ma2854.jpg|left|thumb|275px|Marble, 2nd quarter of the 2nd century BC. From Cyzicus)File:Cyzicus_amphitheatre_15.jpg|left|thumb|275px|Cyzicus ruins in TurkeyTurkey(File:MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-500 BC.jpg|thumb|275px|Coin of Kyzikos, Mysia. Circa 550â500 BC)File:Coin of Cyzicus minted in the Achaemenid Empire.jpg|thumb|275px|Coin of Cyzicus, minted in the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Obv: bearded Persian archer, testing arrow held in right hand, left hand holding bow, seated on a tunny. Rev: Quadripartite incuse square. According to some numismatists, the archer may represent Pharnabazus II. The representation of the archer later became the canonical form used on the drachms of the Parthian EmpireParthian EmpireFile:MYSIA, Kyzikos. Earlyâmid 4th centuries BC. Portrait of Timotheos.jpg|thumb|275px|Electrum stater of Cyzicus, mid 4th century BC. On the obverse is a possible portrait of (Timotheus (general)|Timotheos]], wearing a victory wreath, with a tuna fish below.Leo Mildenberg, "The Cyzicenes, a Reappraisal", American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 5/6 (1993â94), pp. 1â12.)(File:Mysia Kyzikos AR Tetradrachm LionsHead Pixodarus2D P631.xcf|alt=ancient Greek coin from Cyzicus|thumb|275x275px|Ancient Greek Coin from Cyzicus dated circa 390-341/0 BC)Ancient
The city was said to have been founded by Pelasgians from Thessaly, according to tradition at the coming of the Argonauts; later it received many colonies from Miletus, allegedly in 756 BC, but its importance began near the end of the Peloponnesian War when the conflict centered on the sea routes connecting Greece to the Black Sea. At this time, the cities of Athens and Miletus diminished in importance while Cyzicus began to prosper. Commander of the Athenian fleet Alcibiades defeated the Spartan fleet in a major naval engagement near Cyzicus known as the Battle of Cyzicus in 410 BC. Famed ancient philosopher Eudoxus of Cnidus established a school at Cyzicus and went with his pupils to Athens, visiting Plato. Later he returned to Anatolia to his hometown of Cnidus, and died circa 350 BC.Florian Cajori, (wikiquote:A History of Mathematics|A History of Mathematics) (1893) The era of Olympiads in Cyzicus was reckoned from 135 or 139.Owing to its advantageous position it speedily acquired commercial importance, and the gold staters of Cyzicus were a staple currency in the ancient world till they were superseded by those of Philip of Macedon.{{sfn|Hasluck|1911}} Its unique and characteristic coin, the cyzicenus, was worth 28 drachmae.(File:Cyzicus amphitheatre 10.jpg|thumb|Cyzicus amphitheatre)missing image!
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Cyzicus was a town of Mysia.
Under Tiberius, it was incorporated into the Roman Empire but remained the capital of Mysia (afterwards, Hellespontus) and became one of the great cities of the ancient world.There was a women's cult at Cyzicus worshiping the goddess Artemis, which was called Dolon (ÎÏλÏν).Suda, delta, 1345- Mysia map ancient community.jpg -
Cyzicus was a town of Mysia.
Medieval
Cyzicus was captured temporarily by the Arabs led by Muawiyah I in AD 675. It appears to have been ruined by a series of earthquakes beginning in 443, with the last in 1063. Although its population was transferred to Artake before the 13th century when the peninsula was occupied by the Crusaders,{{sfn|Hasluck|1911}} in 1324 the metropolitan of Cyzicus was one of three sees in Anatolia which was able to contribute a temporary annual subsidy to the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Following its conquest by the Ottomans it underwent hard times. From a point between 1370 and 1372 until 1387, the metropolitan was empty; Speros Vryonis speculates this was due to financial difficulties. Later in the 14th century, the sees of Chalcedon and certain patriarchal possessions in Bithynia and Hellespont were bestowed on the metropolitan of Cyzicus.Vryonis, The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization from the Eleventh through the Fifteenth Century (Berkeley: University of California, 1971), pp. 299fIn the Ottoman era, it was part of the kaza of Erdek in the province of Brusa.Ecclesiastical history
Cyzicus, as capital of the Roman province of Hellespontus, was its ecclesiastical metropolitan see. In the Notitiae Episcopatuum of Pseudo-Epiphanius, composed in about 640, Cyzicus had 12 suffragan sees; Abydus, Baris in Hellesponto (between Sariköy and Biga), Dardanus, Germa in Hellesponto (ruins of Germaslu, Kirmasti, Girmas), Hadrianotherae (Uzuncia yayla), Ilium, Lampsacus, Miletopolis, Oca, Pionia (Avcılar), Poemanenum (Eskimanias), Troas. The province also included two autocephalous archiepiscopal sees: Parium and Proconnesus.Residential bishops
Cyzicus had a catalogue of bishops beginning with the 1st century; Michel Le Quien mentions fifty-nine.{{Oriens Christianus|volume=1|article=Ecclesia Cyzici|at=cols. 747â768}} A more complete list is found in Nicodemos, in the Greek "Office of St. Emilian" (Constantinople, 1876), 34â36, which has eighty-five names. Of particular importance are the famous Arian theologian Eunomius of Cyzicus; Saint Dalmatius; bishops Proclus and Germanus, who became Patriarchs of Constantinople; and Saint Emilian, a martyr in the 8th century. Another saint who came from Cyzicus, Saint Tryphaena of Cyzicus, is the patron saint of the city. Gelasius, a historian of Arianism, who wrote about 475, was born at Cyzicus.v. Cyzique, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, Paris 1956, coll. 1191â1196- George Kleidas, Metropolitan of Cyzicus in ca. 1253â61{{sfn|PLP|loc=11779. ÎÎ»ÎµÎ¹Î´á¾¶Ï ÎεÏÏγιοÏ}}
- Theodore Skoutariotes, Metropolitan of Cyzicus in ca. 1277{{sfn|PLP|loc=26204. Î£ÎºÎ¿Ï ÏαÏιÏÏÎ·Ï ÎεÏδÏÏοÏ}}
- Daniel Glykys, Metropolitan of Cyzicus in 1285â89{{sfn|PLP|loc=4263. ÎÎ»Ï ÎºÏÏ Îανιήλ}}
- Methodius, Metropolitan of Cyzicus from 1289{{sfn|PLP|loc=17597. ÎεθÏδιοÏ}}
- Niphon I, Patriarch of Constantinople in 1310â14, was Metropolitan of Cyzicus in 1303â10{{sfn|PLP|loc=20679. ÎίÏÏν Î.}}
- Athanasios, Metropolitan of Cyzicus in 1324â47{{sfn|PLP|loc=388. á¼Î¸Î±Î½Î¬ÏιοÏ}}
- Theodoretos, proedros of Cyzicus in 1370â72{{sfn|PLP|loc=7332. ÎεοδÏÏηÏοÏ}}
- Sebasteianos, Metropolitan of Cyzicus in 1381â86{{sfn|PLP|loc=25063. ΣεβαÏÏειανÏÏ}}
- Matthew I, Patriarch of Constantinople in 1397â1410, was Metropolitan of Cyzicus in 1387â97{{sfn|PLP|loc=17387. ÎαÏθαá¿Î¿Ï Î.}}
- Theognostos, Metropolitan of Cyzicus in 1399â1405{{sfn|PLP|loc=37071. ÎεÏγνÏÏÏοÏ}}
- Makarios, Metropolitan of Cyzicus in 1409{{sfn|PLP|loc=16261. ÎακάÏιοÏ}}
- Metrophanes II, Patriarch of Constantinople in 1440â43, was Metropolitan of Cyzicus in 1436â40{{sfn|PLP|loc=18069. ÎηÏÏοÏÎ¬Î½Î·Ï ÎÎ.}}
- Cyril IV, Patriarch of Constantinople in 1711â13, was Metropolitan of Cyzicus before that
Catholic titular see
Since 1885, the Catholic Church lists Cyzicus as a titular see.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 871 of the highest (Metropolitan) rank, but vacant since 1974. Titular metropolitans were:- John Baptist Lamy (1885.08.18 â 1888.02.13)
- William Benedict Scarisbrick, O.S.B. (1888.09.08 â 1908.05.07)
- José MarÃa Cázares y MartÃnez (1908.04.29 â 1909.03.31)
- Johannes Fidelis Battaglia (1909.07.03 â 1913.09.10)
- Simeón Pereira y Castellón (1913.12.02 â 1921.01.29)
- Giacomo Sereggi (1921.10.14 â 1922.04.11)
- Giuseppe Morà bito (1922.07.04 â 1923.12.03)
- Antal Papp (1924.07.14 â 1945.12.24)
- Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva (1949.05.29 â 1974.11.23)
Monuments
The site amid the marshes of Balkiz Serai is known as Bal-Kiz and entirely uninhabited, though under cultivation. The principal extant ruins are the walls, dating from the fourth century, which are traceable for nearly their whole extent, and the substructures of the temple of Hadrian,{{sfn|Hasluck|1911}} the ruins of a Roman aqueduct and a theatre.The picturesque amphitheatre, intersected by a stream, was one of the largest in the world. Construction for the amphitheatre began in the middle of the first century until the end of the third. Its diameter was nearly {{convert|500|ft|m}} and it is located specifically at these coordinates {{coord|40.398213|N|27.884552|E|type:landmark_region:DZ|name=Cyzicus}} within the region of Cyzicus. Of this magnificent building, sometimes ranked among the seven wonders of the ancient world, thirty-one immense columns still stood erect in 1444. These have since been carried away piecemeal for building purposes.{{sfn|Hasluck|1911}}The colossal foundations of the temple dedicated to the Emperor Hadrian are still visible: the columns were 21.35 metres high (about 70 feet), while the highest known elsewhere, those at Baalbek in Lebanon are only 19.35 metres (about 63 feet). The structure was the largest Greco-Roman temple ever built.JOURNAL, Vermeule, Cornelius C., A Greek Theme and Its Survivals: The Ruler's Shield (Tondo Image) in Tomb and Temple, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1965, 109, 6, 376, 986138,weblink 0003-049X, The monuments of Cyzicus were used by the Byzantine emperor Justinian as a quarry for the building of his Saint Sophia cathedral, and were still exploited by the Ottomans.Notable people
- Androsthenes of Cyzicus, 200 BC, accompanied King Antiochus III the Great to India.
- Eudoxus of Cyzicus, 130 BC, navigator and explorer.
- Proclus of Constantinople, appointed metropolitan of Cyzicus in 5th century but never functioned as such; patriarch of Constantinople and important figure in the development of Christology
- Germanus of Constantinople, early eighth century metropolitan of Cyzicus and later Patriarch of Constantinople and early iconophile theologian
- Gelasius of Cyzicus, 5th century ecclesiastical writer.
- Adrastus of Cyzicus, a mathematician cited by Augustine of Hippo
- Theophanes the Confessor, who began his formal religious life at the Polychronius Monastery, located near Cyzicus.
- Iaia, a female painter, sculptor, and ivory engraver, known as Iaia of Cyzicus.
- Neanthes of Cyzicus, rhetor
See also
References
{{reflist|2}}Sources
- {{EB1911|wstitle=Cyzicus|volume=7|page=720|first=Frederick William|last=Hasluck|author-link=Frederick William Hasluck}}
- {{Catholic|wstitle=Cyzicus}}
- ENCYCLOPEDIA, Trapp, Erich, Beyer, Hans-Veit, Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit, I, 1â12, Add. 1â2, CD-ROM Version, Verlag der Ãsterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, 2001, German, 978-3-7001-3003-1, {{harvid, PLP, }}
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