The scanty remains of ancient Lopadion located at Uluabat village, west of Apolyont Lake (Uluabat Lake), 4 km east of Karacabey district of Bursa. It is first mentioned by Theodore of Stoudios (759-826) in one of his early-ninth century letters, as the site of a xenodocheion (caravanserai) which was built next to a strategic bridge over the River Ryndakos.
See:
- Maximilian C G Lau, "‘Ioannoupolis’: Lopadion as ‘City’ and Military Headquarters under Emperor Ioannes II Komnenos" Pre-Publication Version, https://www.academia.edu/23757150/_Ioannoupolis_Lopadion_as_City_and_Military_Headquarters_under_Emperor_Ioannes_II_Komnenos_Pre_Publication_Version
- http://www.antike-tischkultur.de/griechkochtopflopadion.html