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Ancient aqueducts in Turkey Phaselis |
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Other names: | ./. | ||
Roman province: | Lykia | ||
Location: | Near Kemer, Kemer county, Province Antalya | ||
The history of Phaselis: | |||
According to sources, the town was founded around 690 BC as a Rhodian colony. It belonged to the Persian Empire for a long time from about 550 B.C. - a position that was culturally and economically important for many small Asian Greek cities. Politically, however, this was used as a pretext in Athens to camouflage the Athenian activities of the Attic Sea Alliance as an anti-Persian combat alliance. After 411 B.C. again Persian, Phaselis surrendered to Alexander the Great in 333 B.C.. During the Wars of the Diadochi it was first Ptolemaic (until 197 B.C.) then Seleucidal (until 187 B.C.). Although it belonged to Pamphylia, it was incorporated into the Lycian League under Roman rule until about 100 B.C.. The city flourished during the Roman period, when it was known as a flourishing commercial centre. From here, wood, rose oil, perfumes and fragrant creams were exported. Although Phaselis was until Byzantine times a naval and trading base with some prosperity, today's building stock is not very impressive. The Seljuks had used the city as a quarry for the extension of Antalya's fortifications. A theatre, an aqueduct and a boulevard running across the peninsula between the former galley port and the commercial port have been preserved. The city's acropolis has not yet been excavated. |
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Photos: @chim | |||
Translation aid: www.DeepL.com/Translator | |||
Source: Wikipedia and others |
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