Ceramus

Ceramus or Keramos (Ancient Greek: Κέραμος) is a city on the north coast of the Ceramic Gulf—named after this city—in ancient Caria, in southwest Asia Minor; its ruins can be found outside the modern village of Ören, Muğla Province, Turkey.[1]

History

Ceramus, initially subjected to Stratonicea, afterwards autonomous, was a member of the Athenian League and was one of the chief cities of the Chrysaorian League (Bulletin de corresp. hellén., IX, 468). It probably had a temple of Zeus Chrysaoreus. In Roman times, it coined its own money.

Polites (Ancient Greek: Πολίτης) of Ceramus was a famous runner who won three different races in the same day at the Olympia.[2][3][4]

Ecclesiastical history

Ceramus is mentioned in the Notitiae Episcopatuum until the 12th or 13th century as a bishopric suffragan to Aphrodisias, or Stauropolis. Three bishops are known: Spudasius (Σπουδάσιος), who attended the First Council of Ephesus in 431; Maurianus (Μαυριανός), who attended the Council of Nicaea in 787; and Symeon (Συμεών), who attended the council in Constantinople that reinstated Photius in 879.

Ceramus is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[5]

Ancient Coins
  • Ancient Coins
  • Obol from Ceramus. It has the head of the god Apollo and a Bucranium, 2 BC.
    Obol from Ceramus. It has the head of the god Apollo and a Bucranium, 2 BC.
  • Coin depicting the god Zeus Chrysaoreus and an eagle, 1 AD - 2 AD.
    Coin depicting the god Zeus Chrysaoreus and an eagle, 1 AD - 2 AD.
  • Roman ruins, approx. 1st to 2nd century AD.
    Roman ruins, approx. 1st to 2nd century AD.
  • Roman bridge east of Keramos; approx. 1st to 2nd century AD.
    Roman bridge east of Keramos; approx. 1st to 2nd century AD.
  • Greek fortifications from pre-Christian times in the village of Ören,
    Greek fortifications from pre-Christian times in the village of Ören,
  • Roman viaduct; approx. 1st to 2nd century AD near Ören,
    Roman viaduct; approx. 1st to 2nd century AD near Ören,
  • Roman ruins in the north iof Keramos, approximative, 2nd century AD.
    Roman ruins in the north iof Keramos, approximative, 2nd century AD.

References
  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Eusebius, Chronography, §80
  3. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.13.3
  4. Suda Encyclopedia, iota.572
  5. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 866

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