Seleucia Sidera
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Ancient settlement in Atabey, Isparta, Turkey
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Seleucia Sidera (
transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, and later known as Claudioseleucia, Greek Klaudioseleukeia, was an ancient city in the northern part of Pisidia, Anatolia, near the village of Bayat (old name Selef), near Atabey, about 15 km north-northeast of Isparta, Isparta Province, in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey
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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
the name is recorded as Seleucia.The city was
The city is in ruins. Remnants of the
theater
can be found.
External links
- 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.
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