Arycanda(130 words)
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Lycian town in the Arycandus valley north of Finice. Finds (sepulchres, ceramics) commence in the classical period, but the place name indicates a greater age. Verified as a polis at the beginning of the 2nd cent. BC [2. no. 1], A. minted Lycian confederate coins after 167 BC. Excavations prove A.'s prosperity in the imperial age [1]. A copy of the petition of AD 312 by Lycians and Pamphylians against Christians was fou…
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Schuler, Christoph (Tübingen),
“Arycanda”, 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 20 May 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e202840>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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