Abbassus or Ambasum ( Latin: Abbassus; [1] Ἄμβασον [2]), was an ancient town of Phrygia, on the frontiers of the Tolistoboii, in Galatia. [3] It is, perhaps, the same as the Alamassus reported by of Hierocles, [4] and the Amadasse whose bishops attended early church councils. The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World note that its probable location is near Synnada, [5] however its precise location is not known.
References
- ^ Livy xxxviii. 15.
- ^ Steph. B. s. v.
- ^ Liv. xxxviii. 15.
- ^ Hierocles, p. 678
- ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, ( ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 62 & p. 966.
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