Dideiphyta was a town of ancient Lydia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1] Its site is located near Kireli in Asiatic Turkey.[1][2]

In the early 310s CE, a Roman governor ordered a detailed census of each household of Lydia, including the village of Dideipyta, in "the territory of Hypaipa."[3] Bizarrely, the unnamed governor had the census records inscribed in stone; this act preserved the best records of households in Roman Anatolia that survived into the 21st century.[3] They include a man whose name is lost to history living with his widowed mother and young sister; a single man named Aurelius Synodios, 20; Aur. Hermalaos, 50, 2 children, and a woman and foster child; Aur. Dionysios and his wife and child; Aur. Eutyches and his wife and older son; and Aur. Kalachritios, his wife, 2 children, and a foster nephew or niece.[3][4] The six households in the village had about 20 people, 3 of whom were foster children, "indicating that fosterage was a very widespread social institution" in the area.[3] Infant mortality was so high in this year first few days of life, the baby wouldn't be named until they were 8 or 9 days old.[3]

As of 2026, it has been known for over 50 years that non-residents owned farmland in the village of Dideiphyta.[3][5]

As part of its region, Dideiphyta would have been part of the (Arch)Diocese of Hypaepa, in the 4th century CE; in the 20th century, it has been a titular see of the Catholic Church.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  2. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thonemann, Peter (2022). The Lives of Ancient Villages: Rural Society in Roman Anatolia. Oxford University Press. pp. 146–149. ISBN 9781009123211. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Frank, Tenney (1959). Roman Africa, Roman Syria, Roman Greece, Roman Asia. Pageant Books. p. 671. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  5. ↑ The Journal of Roman Studies, Volumes 43-45. 1968. p. 55. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  6. ↑ Pétridès, Sophrone (1910). ""Hypaepa" in Catholic Encyclopedia". New Advebt. Retrieved 1 June 2026.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dideiphyta