Ankyra (Phrygia)

Ankyra ( Greek Ἄγκυρα ; Latin Ancyra ) was an ancient city in northern Phrygia , not to be confused with the city of the same name in Galatia , today's Turkish capital Ankara .

According to the Greek geographer and historian Strabon , Ankyra was a small town or castle near Blaudos . Archaeologists conclude from Strabon's descriptions that the ruins on the banks of Lake Simav near Boğazköy , which used to be called Kilise Köy (in English church village ), come from the city of Ankyra. In ancient times, Ankyra lay on the bank of this lake.

Coinage

Ankyra was the center of the Abbaitis area in western Phrygia. In the 2nd century BC BC coins with the inscription ΜΥΣΩΝ ΑΒΒΑΙΤΩΝ were minted here. Coins with the city name Ankyra date from the reign of Nero . This could have been at the time when the honorary name Julia was given to the city . These coins had the inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ at the time of Nero and then Poppaea . Coins minted later only read ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ. The Ankyra coins were minted from Nero to Philip Arabs, i.e. for about 200 years. Some of the coins depict Zeus with an anchor.

In Byzantine times, Ankyra was a suffragan from Laodikeia .

Ankyra was called Angir after the conquest of Anatolia by the Turks .

Individual evidence

↑ George Long: Ancyra 1 . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London 1854, p. 133 ( online ).
^ Barclay V. Head : Catalog of the Greek Coins of Phrygia . British Museum, London 1906, p. xxix – xxxi, catalog pp. 58–68 ( online - A Catalog of the Greek coins in the Brit. Museum. Volume 25).
^ John Nesbitt (Ed.): Catalog of Byzantine seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art 3. West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient . Washington 1996, ISBN 0-88402-250-1 , pp. 26 ( online ).
^ Germiyanoğulları Beyliği. Retrieved January 8, 2012 .

literature

Gustav Hirschfeld : Ankyra 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2222.

Web links

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[1] George Long: Ancyra 1 . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London 1854, p. 133 ( online ).

[2] Barclay V. Head : Catalog of the Greek Coins of Phrygia . British Museum, London 1906, p. xxix – xxxi, catalog pp. 58–68 ( online - A Catalog of the Greek coins in the Brit. Museum. Volume 25).

[3] John Nesbitt (Ed.): Catalog of Byzantine seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art 3. West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient . Washington 1996, ISBN 0-88402-250-1 , pp. 26 ( online ).

[4] Germiyanoğulları Beyliği. Retrieved January 8, 2012 .