Choma (Lycia)
Choma ( Greek Χῶμα ) was an ancient city in the Lycia region of Asia Minor in what is now the Turkish province of Antalya near the current village of Hacımusalar.
Choma probably belonged to the Lycian League . In the Roman Empire, when the city was part of the province of Lycia et Pamphylia , it is mentioned by Pliny and Ptolemy . There are coins from the 1st century BC. And the time of Gordian III. In the 2nd century AD, the Euerget Opramoas donated 7,000 denarii to the city for a stoa and an imperial temple . The titular Choma of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to a late antique diocese of the city .
Choma was localized with the help of inscriptions on a hill in the plain of Elmalı . There are no remnants of the city in situ , just architectural poles in nearby villages. From 1994 to 1996 the place was archaeologically examined by the Bilkent University.
literature
- George Ewart Bean : Choma (Hacimusalar) Lycia, Turkey . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
Web links
- Coins of Choma (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 5, 101.
- ↑ Hacimusalar Excavation
Coordinates: 36 ° 39 ′ N , 29 ° 50 ′ E