The Cities and Bishoprics of Phyrgia
Subtitle: Being an Essay of the Local History of Phrygia from the Earliest Times to the Turkish Conquest Volume One, Part One
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: September 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781432616816
Subjects: Social Science / Archaeology; Archaeology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology
First sentence: 1. FOUNDATION AND SITUATION. Eumeneia was founded by Attalos II Philadelphos (159-138 B. C.): evidently his intention was to make it a stronghold of Pergamenian influence in the upper Maeander valley in opposition to the Seleucid colony of Peltai, about nine or ten miles distant.