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Document Details : Title: The Pilgrim's Road and Urban Status in Late Antique Asia Minor Author(s): KAYA, Tülin , ÖZGENEL, Lale Journal: Anatolica Volume: 51 Date: 2025 Pages: 257-282 DOI: 10.2143/ANA.51.0.3294797 Abstract : When Constantinople became the capital of the Roman Empire, the previously established cities along the northwest–southeast routes that led to the new capital gained importance. Mainly used for the transport of goods, traders, travelers, and armies, these routes crossed Asia Minor diagonally and intersected at particular urban venues. One of the busiest routes in Late Antiquity was the pilgrim’s route, also known as the 'Pilgrim’s Road', which ran diagonally from Constantinople to the Cilician Gates. The cities established on the route during the Roman era facilitated travel, pilgrimage, and economic activities, thus keeping trade and communication between Constantinople and northern Syria alive in later periods. The Pilgrim’s Road, in this sense, was instrumental in maintaining the urban vitality of the cities located on the route. This paper takes the pilgrim’s route as a context to address its impact on urban vitality and continuity of the cities located along the route between the fourth and early seventh centuries CE, in reference to three major cities, Nicaea, Ancyra, and Tyana. |
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