Hadrianotherae

Hadrianotherae or Hadrianutherae or Hadrianoutherai (Ancient Greek: Ἁδριάνου θήραι) was a town of ancient Mysia, on the road from Ergasteria to Miletopolis. It was built by the emperor Hadrian to commemorate a successful hunt which he had had in the neighbourhood.[1] Coins from this town issued during the reign of Hadrian onwards are preserved. It seems to have been a place of some note; for it was the see of a bishop, and on its coins a senate is mentioned.[2] No longer a residential see, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3]

Its site is located near Balıkesir in Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]

References

1. Cassius Dio, Historia Romana 69.10; Augustan History, Hadr. 20.
2. Hierocles. Synecdemus. p. 663, 6.
3. Catholic Hierarchy
4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hadrianutherae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.