Tripolis on the Meander

The earliest mention of Tripolis is by Pliny the Elder (v. 30), who treats it as a Lydian town. Ptolemy (v. 2. § 18) and Stephanus of Byzantium describe it as a Carian town. Hierocles (p. 669) likewise calls it a Lydian town. William Mitchell Ramsay also places Tripolis within Lydia. The city minted coins in antiquity, some of which bore an image of Leto. Catalogues of coins of Tripolis generally refer to the city as belonging to Lydia. However, one book on coin collecting list Tripolis as part of Lydia on one page, but speaks of it as part of Caria on another. A website on which various contributors give news of Turkish archaeology treats Tripolis as part of Phrygia. ==Other names==

Pliny says the city was also called Apollonia (), and Stephanus of Byzantium that, in his time, it was called Neapolis (). ==Bishopric==

The city of Tripolis was the seat of an ancient bishopric, suffragan to Sardis. Very little is known of the Bishopric, but we retain the names of some bishops, including: • Ramsay reports that a bishop of Tripolis in Lydia named Agogius attended the First Council of Nicaea in 325. • Commodus at Council of Chalcedon. and Ephesus • Paulus, • Joannes, • Anastasius • Sisinnius which treats it as part of the late Roman province of Lydia. • Nicolas Fryes de Brisaco, (21 June 1456 Appointed – 17 July 1498) File:Tripolis_on_the_Meander,_Lydia,_Turkey_(19313019059).jpg|Ruins of Tripolis ad Maeandrum near Yenicekent, Turkey File:Tripolis_on_the_Meander,_Lydia,_Turkey_(19473332066).jpg|Supportive arch in Tripolis, Turkey File:Tripolis_on_the_Meander,_Lydia,_Turkey_(19492900512).jpg|Further ruins ==See also==