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:
Pontic Alps near Gümüşhane |
Pontic Alps near Ispir |
Pontic Alps near Trabzon |
Pontic Alps: the Iris River |
Pontus (kingdom)
Pontus: Hellenistic kingdom in Anatolia. The royal tombs of Amasia Originally, "Pontus" was the name of the northern part of what is…Prusias I the Lame
Prusias I the Lame: king of Bithynia (r.228-182 BCE).A son of Ziaelas, who was killed in action in 228 BCE in a battle against the Galatians, Prusias inherited a war in the east. He defeated them, but it was not…Prusias II the Hunter
Prusias II the Hunter: king of Bithynia (r.182-149 BCE). Prusias II the Hunter Prusias II, son of Apame III and Prusias I…
Prusias II the Hunter |
Pythodoris
Pythodoris (30/29 BCE - 38 CE): queen of Pontus (r.8 BCE - 38 CE).Born in Smyrna in 30 or 29 BCE, Pythodoris was a daughter of a man named Pythodorus of Tralles and a woman named Antonia, a daughter of…
Relief of a magian with libation bowl and barsom |
Rhodiapolis
Rhodiapolis: ancient town in southeastern Lycia, modern Kumluca.Origins Agora with cisterns According to Hecataeus of Miletus, Rhodiapolis received its name from the…
Nero Antico Marble from Anatolia (Rome, Palatine) |