Telmessos

Telmessos (current Fethiye) is an ancient city located in Lycie at the border of the Carie. The city bears this name in the honor of a son of Apollon.

History

Harbor Cité, Telmessos is conquered with the remainder of Lycie by the Perses at sixth century BC and is placed under the domination of the satrap of Carie. It becomes member at fifth century BC of the Ligue of Délos under the bosom of Athens then obtains its independence. To fourth century BC, it passes under the sovereignty of the lycian Périclès de Limyra. In 334 av J. - C., the city peacefully subjects to Alexandre Large the, however that the king lycian Antipatridès revolts against the satrap Néarque who manages to take again the city. After the death of Alexandre, the city belongs a time to the Asian kingdom of Antigone One-eyed the then, after 301, it passes under the domination of the Lagides which control all the littoral lycian and carien. It is granted by Ptolémée I {{er}} to its grandson Ptolémée III of Telmessos. The city supports thereafter the Séleucide Antiochos III in its war against Rome and Pergame. In 188 av. J. - C., at the conclusion of the Peace of Apamée, Telmessos is offered by the Romans to king de Pergame, Eumène II. The city, considered as one of most flourishing of the news Confederation lycian, remains under the supervision of the Attalides until the death of Attale III in 133. To this date, it is bequeathed, as the remainder of the kingdom pergamien, with the Romans who include it in the province of Asia. The city remains dynamic during the Byzantine period , but as from the 7th century, it starts to lose of its importance, ruined by the first Arab incursions . At the 8th century, the city is called Anastasiopolis in the honor of the Byzantine emperor Anastase II.

Site

Tomb of Amyntas

The site of Telmessos is famous for its tombs dug in the cliff, to of which the tomb of Amyntas , close to old the Agora, which dates from. Its frontage reconstitutes that of an ionic temple .

The theater

One can also observe in Telmessos since recent excavations (1992) a theater dating from the end of the hellenistic time. It was restored by the Romans then transformed into arena between the 3rd century and the 4th century, to be abandoned at the 7th century following the Arab incursions.

See too

External bonds

History of ancient Telmessos
Site of Telmessos

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