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Perga, Turkey
Ruins at Perga, Turkey.
Pamphylia
ancient district, Anatolia
Side, Turkey: archaeological museumInterior room of the archaeological museum at Side, Turkey.
Pamphylia, ancient maritime district of southern Anatolia, originally a narrow strip of land that curved along the Mediterranean between Cilicia and Lycia but that, under Roman administration, included large parts of Pisidia to the north.
Side, Turkey: ancient amphitheatreAncient amphitheatre (built 2nd century ce) at Side, Turkey.
Side, Turkey: Vespasian GateRuins of the Vespasian Gate at Side, Turkey.
Side, Turkey: ancient ruinsAncient ruins at Side, Turkey.
Side, Turkey: Temple of ApolloRemains of the ancient Temple of Apollo at Side, Turkey.
The Pamphylians, a mixture of aboriginal inhabitants, immigrant Cilicians, and Greeks, never acquired great political significance and ran the gauntlet of Anatolian conquerors: Phrygians, Lydians, Persians, Alexander the Great and his successors, and, finally, the Romans. In the 1st century bce they joined with Pisidians and Cilicians in piratical raids on Mediterranean shipping. The Pamphylians became largely Hellenized in Roman times and left memorials of their civilization at Perga, Aspendus, and Side.
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