Archelais(102 words)
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Town in south-western Cappadocia; the modern Aksaray. Founded after 36 BC by the last Cappadocian king Archelaus [7] in place of the old centre Garsau(i)ra (as κωμόπολις, komópolis: Str. 12,2,6 with 14,2,29). Elevated by the emperor Claudius to the status of Colonia Claudia Archelais; from the 4th cent. AD governed as a colonia or civitas Colonia.
Strobel, Karl (Klagenfurt)
Bibliography
D. French, Latin Inscr. from Aksaray (Colonia Archelais in Cappadocia), in: ZPE 27, 1977, 247-249
F. Hild, M. Restle, Kapp…
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Strobel, Karl (Klagenfurt),
“Archelais”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 15 August 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e132030>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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