Aurokra
Aurokra or Aurokla or Aurocla or Aulokra[1] was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[2] It became a bishopric; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains, under the name Aurocla, a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[3]
Its site is located above Dort Köy near Doğancık in Asiatic Turkey.[2][4]
References
- William Mitchell Ramsay (1897). The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia. pp. 480–482.
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying.
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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