Selge
Σέλγη | |
 Roman theatre of Selge | |
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| Location | Antalya Province, Turkey |
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| Region | Pisidia |
| Coordinates | 37°13′46″N 31°07′38″E / 37.22944°N 31.12722°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Cultures | Greek, Roman |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In ruins |
Selge (
Eurymedon River (Turkish
: Köprüçay) forces its way through the mountains towards the south.
History
The town was believed to be a
Cestrus (today Aksu), and requiring bridges to make them passable. In consequence of its excellent laws and political constitution, Selge rose to the rank of the most powerful and populous city of Pisidia, and at one time was able to send an army of 20,000 men into the field. Owing to these circumstances, and the valour of its inhabitants, for which they were regarded as worthy kinsmen of the Spartans, the Selgians were never subject to any foreign power, but remained in the enjoyment of their own freedom and independence. When Alexander the Great passed through Pisidia (333 BC), Selge sent an embassy to him and gained his favour and friendship.[4] At that time they were at war with Termessos
.
At the period when
storax was much valued from its yielding a strong perfume. Selge was also celebrated for an ointment prepared from the iris root.[8]
Remains
The remains of the city consist mainly of parts of the encircling wall and of the acropolis. A few traces have survived of the
Roman Catholic Church.[9]
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Selge Theatre and surroundings panorama -
Selge Theatre from far -
Selge Theatre from side -
Selge Theatre Inside -
Selge Theatre Inside -
Selge Theatre and countryside -
Selge Unknown structure -
Selge Unknown structure -
Selge Rubble -
Selge Aqueduct
Nearby
Halfway on the road to Selge from the Pamphylian coastal plain, a well-preserved Roman Bridge crosses the deep Eurymedon valley.
Bishopric
Selge was a
The Bishopric is documented in the Notitiae Episcopatuum of the Patriarchate of Constantinople until the fourteenth century.[12] Its lapse is probably due to the Islamic conquest of Turkey.
Since the nineteenth century Selge has been counted among the titular archbishopric headquarters of the Catholic Church; the title has not been assigned since September 13, 1969.
Byzantine-era residential bishops
- Uranion (mentioned in 325)[13]
- Nunechius (mentioned in 431)[14]
- Marcianus (mentioned in 869) who intervened in the Council of Constantinople of 869-870
- Gregory (mentioned in 879)
- Basil (around 10th century)
- Theodore (around 11th century)[15]
Titular Catholic Archbishops
- Antoine-Marie-Joseph Usse, (1893 - 1905)
- Eduardo Solar Vicuña (1914 - 1920)
- Raymond-René Lerouge, (1920-1949)
- João Batista Portocarrero Costa (1953-1959)
- Bernard James Sheil (1959-1969)
See also
References
- Hellenkemper, Hansgerd; Hild, Friedrich (2004). Tabula Imperii Byzantini 8: Lykien und Pamphylien. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pp. 835–838.
- Machatschek, Alois; Schwarz, Mario (1981). Bauforschungen in Selge. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
- Nollé, Johannes; Schindler, Friedel (1991). Die Inschriften von Selge. Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt.
- Nollé, Johannes (2015). Münzen, Bäume und Gelehrte. Zum ‹Naturheiligtum› der pisidischen Bergstadt Selge. München.
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Selge", London, (1854)
- Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister (editors); The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, "Selge", Princeton, (1976)
- Catholic Encyclopedia, "Selge", New York City, (1913)
Notes
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- Geographia, xii. 7
- ^ STEPHANUS OF BYZANTIUM, ETHNICA, § S560.1
- ^ Polybius, Histories, v. 76
- Anabasis Alexandri, i. 28
- ^ Polybius, v. 72-77
- ^ Zosimus, Historia Nova, v. 15
- Geographia, v. 5
- ^ Strabo, ibid.; Pliny, Naturalis Historia, xii. 5, xxi. 19
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 450
- OCLC 955922585.
- ^ Jean Darrouzès, Notitiae episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae. Texte critique, introduction et notes, Parigi 1981: indice page. 513.
- ^ Gelzer, Patrum Nicaenorum nomina, Lipsia 1898, pp. LX-LIV.
- ^ Sylvain Destephen, Prosopographie chrétienne du Bas-Empire 3. Prosopographie du diocèse d'Asie (325-641), Paris 2008, p. 727
- ISBN 0-88402-226-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Selge". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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