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:
Ancyra (Ankara)
Ancyra (Greek Ἄνκυρα): town in central Anatolia, capital of Galatia (modern Ankara). The citadel of Ankara, with walls from all ages Iron…
Anisa, Iron Age jar |
Anisa, Neo-Hittite relief of a hunter-god |
Ankara, Citadel |
Ankara, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
National archaeological museums tell a lot about the way a nation looks at its own history. A comparison of the museums in Ankara and Cairo is illuminating. The latter focuses on the third and second millennium BCE; the first millennium…
Lycian tomb |
Coin of Archelaus of Cappadocia |
Ardys of Lydia
Ardys: second king of the Mermnad dynasty. His reign lasted from 644 to ca.625. A Lydian stater Ardys was the son of…Ariarathes Eusebes
Ariarathes Eusebes (c.100-c.88; died 86): son of Mithridates VI of Pontus, king of Cappadocia.Relatives Son of Mithridates VI of Pontus Successor of: Ariarathes VII Philometor Main deeds 101: After he has killed his nephew Ariarathes VII Philometor, Mithridates seeks to rule Cappadocia through his…Ariarathes I
Ariarathes I (c.405-322/321): ruler of Cappadocia.Born: c.405 Main deeds: c.333: appointed satrap by the last Persian king Darius III Codomannus, 331: fights for Darius against Alexander the Great in the battle fo Gaugamela After 330: defends Cappadocia against the local Macedonian commander Antigonus the One-Eyed 323:…Ariarathids
Ariarathids: dynasty of kings of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia. Archelaus, the last ruler of independent Cappadocia The Ariarathids were the successors of…Ariobarzanes (1)
Ariobarzanes I (Old Persian: *Ariyabrdna): Persian nobleman, member of the Pharnacid dynasty, between 387 and 363/362 satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia. Portrait…