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Document Details : Title: Pisidia and the Hellenistic Kings from 323 to 133 BC Author(s): KOSMETATOU, Elizabeth Journal: Ancient Society Volume: 28 Date: 1997 Pages: 5-37 DOI: 10.2143/AS.28.0.630067 Abstract : Following the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC), and the breakdown of his empire (301 BC), the highland region of Pisidia in SW Asia Minor passed under the successive control of all the major Hellenistic kingdoms. Antigonos Monophthalmos, the Ptolemies of Egypt, the Seleucids of Syria, and the Attalids of Pergamon, all became overlords of Pisidia, or at least parts of it, but their efforts to establish a more firm rule over that region met with only partial success. This paper will provide an account of the existing evidence on the relations between the Hellenistic monarchs and individual cities in Pisidia, highlighting the new data, and evaluating the dynastic efforts to establish effective rule over this strategically important, at least in the Hellenistic period, area. |
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