Pamphylie
The Pamphylie is the name given in the Antiquité to an area of the south of the minor Asia located between the Lycie at the south, the Cilicie in the east, the Pisidie in north and the Phrygie in the west.
Its name means “all the tribes”, allusion to the diversity of the populations which colonize this area as of second half of the millenium.
The Greek base ports on the coast such Aspendos or Pergé, the Phéniciens are established with Sidé. Become province of the empire of the Achéménides, Pamphylie is conquered by Alexandre Large the in 334 av. J. - C. Devenue then a territory of the kingdom of the Séleucides, it is given by the Romains to the kingdom of Pergame in 188 av. J. - C. before becoming a Roman province in 133 av. J. - C. Marc Antoine partly yields it to the Galate Amyntas and it becomes again Roman province only with dead of this one in 24 av. J. - C. It forms, under Claude, one imperial province with the Lycie. Finally under the reorganization of Dioclétien, it is included/understood in the diocese of Asia and the prefecture of Orient with Aspendos like capital.
See too
Internal bonds
- Provinces_romaines