Lystra

Lystra (Greek Λύστρα) was an ancient city in Asia Minor landscape Lycaonia in Turkey today. It was 30 kilometers southwest of Iconium, today's Konya , north of the village of Hatunsaray and 15 kilometers north of the small town of Akören .

It is considered in the Hittitology as likely that Lystra already existed in the Hittite period under the name Lušna and was the seat of the king of Tarḫuntašša . This city was part of the conquests of the great king Labarna .

Lystra received under Augustus the title of a Roman colonia ( Colonia Iulia Felix Gemina Lystra ) and was added to the province of Galatia . Here the apostle Paul preached the gospel together with Barnabas during his first missionary journey in AD 48 , after both had fled from Iconium ( Acts 14.8 EU ). On his second missionary journey, Paul called Timothy here in 51 ( Acts 16 : 1–3 EU ; 2 Tim 3:11 EU ). Around the year 370 the city came to the province of Lycaonia. Ten years later the first bishops can be identified. The Bishop of Lystra also took part in the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

William Mitchell Ramsay (1851–1939) wrote about Lystra in 1907: "Excavation at Lystra is urgently needed in the interests of history and New Testament study" and in 1941: "One hopes that some enthusiast will spend the money needed to clear up the topography of Lystra; and some fragments, at present valueless, may be completed by his discoveries " .

literature

William Smith: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London 1854 ( online ).
Johannes Wirsching: Lystra. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, Col. 846.
Hans von Aulock : The Roman colony Lystra and its coins . In: Chiron 2, 1972, pp. 509-518.
Klaus Belke : Lystra. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 7, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01477-0 , Sp. 613.

Web links

Coins from Lystra

Remarks

↑ Oliver Robert Gurney, The Old Hittite Kingdom. In: The Cambridge Ancient History - Volume II - Part 1 . 3rd edition 1973. ISBN 0-521-082307 . Pp. 235, 238.
^ William Mitchell Ramsay: The Cities of St. Paul Their Influence on His Life and Thought . AC Armstrong, 1908, p. 413 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ William Mitchell Ramsay: The Social Basis of Roman Power in Asia Minor . Aberdeen 1941, p. 186.

[1] Oliver Robert Gurney, The Old Hittite Kingdom. In: The Cambridge Ancient History - Volume II - Part 1 . 3rd edition 1973. ISBN 0-521-082307 . Pp. 235, 238.

[books-JryEbmKool0C--2] William Mitchell Ramsay: The Cities of St. Paul Their Influence on His Life and Thought . AC Armstrong, 1908, p. 413 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[3] William Mitchell Ramsay: The Social Basis of Roman Power in Asia Minor . Aberdeen 1941, p. 186.