Turkey
There are 2131 items in Turkey:
Phrygians
Phrygians: an ancient nation in western Turkey. Their capital was Gordium.Origin Phrygian antefix Compared to several other nations in Anatolia, the Phrygians…
The Pillar of Yunus, seen from the north |
The battlefield of Issus, seen from the Pillar of Yunus |
Pinarbasi, Inscription of Tudhaliya IV |
The river Pinarus, now known as Payas |
Plain of Sochi, seen from the Amanus Mountains |
Pliny the Younger (7)
Portrait of a Roman man (80-100 CE) When the last king of Bithynia died in 74 BCE, he bequeathed his country…Pliny the Younger (9)
Portrait of a Roman man (80-100 CE) The financial problems in Bithynia were very complex, and Pliny's most important responsibility was…Plutarch on Alexander's visit to Troy
Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the…Plutarch on Caesar and the pirates
Plutarch of Chaeronea (46-c.122): influential Greek philosopher and author, well known for his biographies and his moral treatises. His biography is here; the following fragment is from his Life of Julius Caesar.In 75 BCE, Julius Caesar was captured by Cilician…Plutarch on the Battle on the Granicus
In the last days of May or the first days of June 334, Alexander's army clashed with a Persian army on the boards of the river Granicus. The Persian king Darius III was not present; the Macedonians and Greeks had…Plutarch on the Gordian Knot
Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the…