Maionia or Maeonia (), was a city of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine era located near the Hermos River,W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (London: John Murray, 1890; repr. Cambridge University Press, 2010) p123. in ancient Lydia, one of the kingdoms of Asia Minor. Both Ramsay and TalbertRichard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of Greek and Roman World (Princeton University Press, 2000) p849. tentatively identified the ancient polis with the modern village of Kula (Turkish for fortress) a village known for its carpet manufacture.Ramsay,p123.
The town is mentioned by Pliny the Elder, Hierocles, and in the Notitiae Episcopatuum. Several coins from Maionia exist. In antiquity the city was part of the Katakekaumene Decapolis of towns. Once the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.Catholic Hierarchy
Its site is located near Menye in Asiatic Turkey.
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