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 Two
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: September 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9781419172854
Subjects: Archaeology; Sociology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Social Science / Archaeology
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.