The city of Lysias is mentioned by
Strabo, XII, 576, Pliny, V, 29,
Ptolemy, V, 2, 23, Hierocles, and the
Notitiae Episcopatuum. It was probably founded by
Antiochus III the Great about 200 BC.
Lequien (
Oriens christianus, I, 845) names three bishops of Lysias, suffragans of Synnada: • Theagenes, present at the Council of Sardica, 344 • Philip, at Chalcedon 451 • Constantine, at Constantinople, 879 == Location ==