Selinus (Cilicia)
Selinus or Selinous (
History
Selinus is memorable in history as the place in which Emperor Trajan is said by some authors to have died in 117 AD.[8] After that event, the place for a time bore the name of Trajanopolis or Traianopolis (Τραϊανούπολις), but its bishops afterwards are called bishops of Selinus.[9] Basil of Seleucia describes the place as reduced to a state of insignificance in his time[10] though it had once been a great commercial town.[11]
The site
Selinus was situated on a precipitous rock, surrounded on almost every side by the sea, by which position it was rendered almost impregnable. The whole of the rock, however, was not included in the ancient line of fortifications. Inside the walls there still are many traces of houses, but on the outside and between the foot of the hill and the river, the remains of some large buildings are yet standing, which appear to be a mausoleum, an agora, a theatre, an aqueduct and some tombs. No longer a residential bishopric, it remains a
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Trajanopolis from Beaufort (1817)[13]
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Trajan's Mausoleum
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Aqueduct
References
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- Ab urbe condita Libri[History of Rome]. Vol. 33.20.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiv. p. 682. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.8.2, 8.17.42.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.22.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Cassius Dio. Historia Romana (Roman History). Vol. 68.33.
- ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 709.
- ^ Basil of Seleucia, Vita S. Theclae, 2.17.
- ^ Stadiasmus Maris Magni §§ 203, 204; Lucan 8.260; Chron. Paschale, p. 253.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Beaufort, Francis (1817). Karamania, Or A Brief Description Of The South Coast Of Asia Minor. London: R. Hunter.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Selinus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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