Seleucia Sidera

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Seleucia Sidera (

Founded by Seleucus I Nicator or Antiochus I Soter to protect the military road across northern Pisidia. The city's surname Sidera (hê Sidêra, Ptol. v. 5. § 4; Hierocl. p. 673), is probably derives from iron-works in its vicinity. The city minted its own coins, some of which bear the image of the Asiatic divinity Men, who was worshipped at Antioch.

The city was restored by the

• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Seleucia Sidera", London, (1854)
• Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister (editors); The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, "Seleucia Sidera", Princeton, (1976)
• Sagalassos IV: Report on the Survey and Excavation Campaigns of 1994 and 1995, page 98

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Seleuceia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.