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{{Short description|Ancient city in Phrygia}}
{{for|the battle|Battle of Ipsus}}
'''Ipsus''' or '''Ipsos''' ({{langx|grc|Ἴψος}}) or '''Ipsous''' (Ἴψους), was a town of [[ancient Phrygia]] a few miles below [[Synnada in Phrygia|Synnada]]. The place itself never was of any particular note, but it is celebrated in history for the great [[Battle of Ipsus|battle]] fought in its plains, in 301&nbsp;BCE, by the aged [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] and his son [[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius]] against the combined forces of [[Cassander]], [[Lysimachus]], and [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]], in which Antigonus lost his conquests and his life.<ref>[[Plutarch]] ''Pyrrh.'' 4; [[Appian]], ''Syriac.'' 55.</ref> From [[Hierocles (author of Synecdemus)|Hierocles]]<ref>{{Cite Hierocles|p. 677}}</ref> and the Acts of Councils,<ref>Concil. Nicaen, ii. p. 161.</ref> we learn that in the seventh and eighth centuries it was the see of a Christian bishop. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, Ipsus remains a [[titular see]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2i25.html Catholic Hierarchy]</ref>

Its site is located near [[Çayırbağ]] in [[Anatolia|Asiatic Turkey]].<ref name=Barrington>{{Cite Barrington|62}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|30874}}</ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in Phrygia]]
[[Category:Catholic titular sees in Asia]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]
[[Category:Roman towns and cities in Turkey]]
[[Category:Populated places of the Byzantine Empire]]
[[Category:History of Afyonkarahisar Province]]
[[Category:Afyonkarahisar District]]


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