Anatolia
This category deals with an area that is more or less identical to modern Turkey, prior to, say, Alexander the Great.
There are 566 items in Anatolia:
Orophernes II
Orophernes II (c.160 BCE): son of Ariararathes IV, king of Cappadocia.Relatives Son of Ariarathes IV and Antiochis (daughter of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III) Main deeds In 163, Ariarathes V Philopator succeeded his father. The Seleucid ruler Demetrius I Soter proposed to…
Osrhoenian Plain |
The Pactolus |
Pactolus |
Pactolus (Sart Çayı)
Pactolus: little river in western Turkey (modern Sart Çayı), famous because it contained gold. Pactolus The river Pactolus has become famous because it…Pamphylia
Pamphylia: ancient name for the fertile coastal plain in southern Turkey. The Eurymedon Pamphylia is the ancient name of the rich and…Paphlagonia
Paphlagonia (Greek: Παφλαγονία): area in northern Anatolia, on the southern shore of the Black Sea.Paphlagonia is an area in the north of what is now called Turkey, along the southern shore of the Black Sea. According to the Graeco-Roman geographer…Patara
Patara (Greek: Πάταρα) or Arsinoe (Greek: Ἀρσινόη): town in ancient Lycia, port of Xanthus, modern Gelemiş.Early History Patara, Colonnaded Street Natural harbor…
Patara, Lycian tombs |
Perge
Perge (Greek: Πέργη): important city in ancient Pamphylia.History Alexander the Great According to legend, the Pamphylian towns were founded by Greeks in…
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Cappadocia |
Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Cappadocia |