Iotape
Iotape (Greek: Ἰοτάπη , today Aydap İskelesi ) was an ancient city in the rough Cilicia ( Kilikia Tracheia ) on the south coast of Asia Minor , 35 km east of Alanya , 9 km west of Selinus , today's Gazipaşa in Turkey .
Like the nearby Antioch on the Kragos , it was founded by Antiochus IV von Kommagene (38-72 AD) and named after his daughter after Claudius gave him control of the rough Cilicia in 41 AD had entrusted.
Today the coastal road Alanya - Anamur cuts through the few remains of thermal baths, churches, warehouses and the necropolis .
literature
- Elisabeth Rosenbaum , Gerhard Huber, Somay Onurkan: A survey of coastal cities in Western Cilicia. Preliminary report . Ankara 1967, pp. 35-44. 58-65.
- George Ewart Bean : Iotape (Aidap) 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 .
- İsmail Karamut, Seer Türkmen: Dağlık Kilikya'da bir kent. Iotape . [A village in the Rough Cilicia. Iotape]. In: Türk Arkeoloji Dergisi 31, 1997, pp. 291–305 ( PDF ).
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Coordinates: 36 ° 19 ′ 14 ″ N , 32 ° 14 ′ 6 ″ E