ancient Pisidia
Pisidia (; , ; ) was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Pamphylia, northeast of Lycia, west of Isauria and Cilicia, and south of Phrygia, corresponding roughly to the modern-day province of Antalya in Turkey. Among Pisidia's set ...
inhabited during
Hellenistic
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,
Roman
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
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, and
Byzantine
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, June 2024:
"Founded during the Hellenistic period, iaotherwise remains a mystery. 'All the ancient sources are silent about Sia, as if it never existed,'
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Isin founder of Equinox Travelsaid. 'Arrian and other historians talk about wars, roads and trade in Pisidia—but not one mentions this name.'
"Yet Sia undoubtedly grew into an important polis. Immense blocks of stone from Hellenistic and Roman structures were strewn across the forest floor, possibly toppled by an earthquake, and several intact walls rose around them."
The article notes that the only evidence that exists of the city's name is a temple
lintel
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inscription, "HO DEMOS HO SIENOI": "The people of Sia."