Mopsuestia

Mopsuestiaa
Μοψουεστία
	Roman bridge in Misis-Mopsuestia over the Pyramus
	Shown within Turkey
Alternative name	Mopsos, Seleucia on the Pyramus, Hadriana, Decia, al-Maṣṣīṣah, Mamistra, Misis, Yakapınar
Location	Adana Province, Turkey
Region	Cilicia
Coordinates	36°57′28″N 35°37′26″E / 36.95778°N 35.62389°E
Type	Settlement

Mopsuestia and Mopsuhestia (Ancient Greek: Μοψουεστία and Μόψου ἑστία, romanized: Mopsou(h)estia and Μόψου Mopsou and Μόψου πόλις and Μόψος; Byzantine Greek: Mamista, Manistra, Mampsista; Arabic: al-Maṣṣīṣah; Armenian: Msis, Mises, Mam(u)estia; modern Yakapınar) is an ancient city in Cilicia Campestris on the Pyramus River (now the Ceyhan River) located approximately 20 km (12 mi) east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey). From the city's harbor, the river is navigable to the Mediterranean Sea, a distance of over 40 km (24 mi).

The 1879 book A Latin Dictionary, the 1898 book Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia and the 1920 La Cilicie mention that the city at that time was called Missis or Messis,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] but in 1960 the name changed to Yakapınar.^[5]

[1] Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Mopsuestia

[2] Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Mopsuestia

[3] Vailhé, Siméon (1911). "Mopsuestia" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10.

[4] Normand Robert, La Cilicia. In: Annals of Geography. 1920, vol. 29, No. 162. p.p. 426-451

[5] Missis and its Roman bridge

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