Irenopolis, Isauria

Irenopolis (Greek: Ειρηνούπολις) was an ancient and medieval city in Roman and Byzantine era Isauria.

Located in the Calycadnus basin, it was part of the Decapolis of Isauria.

The city is mentioned by Hierocles in the sixth century and George of Cyprus in the seventh. It figures in the Notitia Episcopatuum of Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch in the sixth century, and in the Descriptio Orbis Romani by George of Cyprus (7th century). and in the Nova Tactica of the 10th century, as attached to the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

At this period, the Byzantine emperors had taken the province of Isauria from the Patriarchate of Antioch.

W. M. Ramsay, following John Sterrett, identifies Irenopolis with Irnebol, of which he does not indicate the exact situation.

It actually corresponds to the existing villages of Çatalbadem (formerly Yukarı İrnebol meaning "Irenopolis from above") and İkizçınar (formerly Aşağı İrnebol meaning "Irenopolis from below"), in the district of Ermenek, Karaman Province .

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