Hyrcanis or Hyrkaneis, also known as Hyrcania (), was a Roman and Byzantine-era cityRuth Lindner, Mythos und Identität: Studien zur Selbstdarstellung kleinasiatischer Städte in der römischen Kaiserzeit (Franz Steiner Verlag, 1994) p128. and bishopric in ancient Lydia, now in western Turkey. It was situated in the Hyrcanian plain (τὸ Ὑρκάνιον πεδίον), which is said to have derived its name from a colony of Hyrcanians being settled here by the Persians. They were afterwards mingled with some Macedonians, who also settled in this district, whence they are called by Pliny the Elder and Tacitus "Macedones Hyrcani." The city minted its own coins.Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Hyrkanis.Hyrkaneis at Asia Minor Coins .
Its site is located west of Halit Paşa in Asiatic Turkey, south of Çamlıyurt.
The city was also the seat of an ancient bishopric. Known bishops include: Asyncritus John, attendee at First Council of Constantinople Eustathius Dionysius fl.1157Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus p887.
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