Title The cities of Pamphylia / by John D. Grainger

Published Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, [2009] ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) : color illustrations, maps Contents The arrival of the Greeks -- The new cities -- Intruders : Kroisos and the Persians -- The effects of Alexander -- Hellenistic growth -- The effects of Antiochos III -- Pirates and Romans -- Imperial subjects -- The effects of Christianity -- The end of Greek Pamphylia -- Appendix 1: A ruler of Pamphylia in Plato -- Appendix 2: City statistics Summary Pamphylia, in modern Turkey, was a Greek country from the early Iron Age until the Middle Ages. In that land there were nine cities which can be described more or less as Greek, and this book is an investigation of their history. This was a land at the margins of other great empires - Hellenistic, Roman, Arab and Byzantine - and is still off the beaten track, though Aspendos, Perge and Phaselis are all visited for their archaeology. Only one ancient source, Strabo, discusses the area at any length, and John Grainger therefore has to bring together a wide variety of exiguous and fragmentary sources to tell the cities' story. His focus is not only regional - he is interested in the impact of outside forces on a particular civic culture. He considers the processes of city foundation, settlement, urbanization and evolution, and the cities' mutual relations. Coastal piracy drew Pamphylia into the Roman empire, and finally, in the seventh century AD, the Arabs destroyed the cities in their wars with the Byzantine empire Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Cities and towns, Ancient -- Turkey -- Pamphylia City and town life -- Turkey -- Pamphylia -- History Political culture -- Turkey -- Pamphylia -- History Greeks -- Turkey -- Pamphylia -- History HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Cities and towns, Ancient City and town life Greeks Political culture Politics and government Social conditions Stadt Pamphylia (Turkey) -- History Pamphylia (Turkey) -- History, Local Pamphylia (Turkey) -- Social conditions Pamphylia (Turkey) -- Politics and government Turkey -- Pamphylia Pamphylien Genre/Form History Local history Form Electronic book ISBN 9781782972952 1782972951 9781782972976 1782972978

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