Cilicia was given an eponymous founder in the mythic Cilix, but the historic founder of the dynasty that ruled Cilicia Pedias was Mopsus, identifiable in Phoenician sources as Mpš, the founder of Mopsuestia and protector of an oracle nearby.
Cilicia as Roman province, 120 AD CiliciaTrachea became the haunt of pirates, who were subdued by Pompey in 67 BC following a battle at Korakesion (modern Alanya), and Tarsus was made the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia.
The Armenian population of Cilicia was destroyed with the Armenian Genocide.
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CiliciaTrachea is a rugged mountain district formed by the spurs of Taurus, which often terminate in rocky headlands with small sheltered harbours,a feature which, in classical times, made the coast a resort of pirates, and, in the middle ages, led to its occupation by Genoese and Venetian traders.
CiliciaTrachea became the haunt of pirates, who were subdued by Pompey.
Cilicia Pedias became Roman territory in 103 B.C., and the whole was organized by Pompey, 64 n.c., into a province which, for a short time, extended to and included part of Phrygia.
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Cilicia extended along the Aegean SeaAegean coast east from Pamphylia, to Mount Amanus (Giaour Dagh), which separated it from Syria.
Image:REmpire-36_Cilicia.pngthumbCilicia as Roman province, 120 ADCilicia Trachea became the haunt of pirates, who were subdued by Pompey in 66 BC, and Tarsus was made the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia.
CiliciaTrachea was conquered by the Ottoman EmpireOttomans in the 15th century, but Cilicia Pedias remained independent until 1515.
Pamphylia, in ancient geography, was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus.
Armenian Cilicia and Crusader States Cilicia The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (sometimes referred to as Armenia Minor or Lesser Armenia) was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia.
Thoros I was the ruler of the Armenian Cilicia or Armenia Minor between 1102 and 1129.
Since Mersin has always been a port city through history, the area was inhabited since 7th century BC, and was in the interest of many states and civilizations such as Arabs, Abbasids, Egyptian Tulunids, Seljuk Turks, Mongols, Crusaders, Armenians, Mamluks, Anatolian beyliks and Ottomans.
The Amaesian geographer Strabon refers to the region as Cilicia which was divided into Rugged Cilicia (CiliciaTrachea) and Flat Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias).
As both Cilicias' capitol was Tarsus to which the Cilician Gates opened to, Mersin was the major port of the region being close to Tarsus.
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Cilicia From Armeniapedia.org An independent Armenian Kingdom during the early second millenium, the Armenian presence in this Mediterranean coast region had a large Armenian population until the...
Cilicia The motor vessel Cilicia, sister to Circassia (III) and Caledonia V, was launched at Fairfield Shipbuilding andamp; Engineering, Glasgow, in October 1937.
CILICIACILICIA, in ancient geography, a district of Asia Minor, extending along the south coast from the Alara Su, which separated it from Pamphylia, to the Giaour Dagh (Mt. Amanus), which parted it...
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Cilicia which was divided into Rugged Cilicia (CiliciaTrachea) and Flat Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias).
When the Romans first encountered the Isaurians (early in the 1st century BC), they regarded CiliciaTrachea[?] as part of Isauria, which thus extended to the sea; and this extension of the name continued to be in common use for two centuries.
The whole basin of the Calycadnus was reckoned Isaurian, and the cities in the valley of its southern branch formed what was known as the Isaurian Decapolis.
Towards the end of the 3rd century, however, all Cilicia was detached for administrative purposes from the northern slope of Taurus, and we find a province called at first Isauria-Lycaonia, and later Isauria alone, extending up to the limits of Galatia, but not passing Taurus on the south.
Magas of Cyrene opened war on his half-brother (274), and Antiochus I of Macedon[?], the son of Seleucus, desiring Palestine, attacked soon after.
Two or three years of war left Egypt the dominant naval power of the eastern Mediterranean; the PtolemaIc sphere of power extended over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coast towns of CiliciaTrachea ("Rough Cilicia"), Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria were largely in Ptolemy's hands.
The victory won by Antigonus, king of Macedonia, over his fleet at Cos (between 258—56) did not long interrupt his command of the Aegean.
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Its two original towns, Isaura Nea and Isaura Palaea, lay, one among these foothills (Doria) and the other on the watershed (Zengibar Kale).
When the Romans first encountered the Isaurians (early in the 1st century n.c.), they regarded CiliciaTrachea as part of Isauria, which thus extended to the sea; and this extension of the name continued to be in common use for two centuries.
Towards the end of the 3rd century A.D., however, all Cilicia was detached for administrative purposes from the northern slope of Taurus, and we find a province called at first Isauria-Lycaonia, and later Isauria alone, extending up to the limits of Galatia, but not passing Taurus on the south.
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Zoroglu, L., 'CiliciaTrachea in the Iron Age: the Khilakku problem', in Çilingiroglu, A. and French, D.H., eds., Anatolian Iron Ages 3 (London, 1994), 301-309
Bean, G.E. and Mitford, T.B., Journeys in Rough Cilicia in 1962 and 1963 (Vienna, 1965)
Headlam, A.C., 'Inscriptions from CiliciaTrachea', JHS suppl.
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Magas of Cyrene opened war on his half-brother (274), and Antiochus I., the son of Seleucus, desiring Palestine, attacked soon after.
Two or three years of war left Egypt the dominant naval power of the eastern Mediterranean; the PtolemaIc sphere of power extended over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coast towns of CiliciaTrachea (Rough Cilicia), Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria were largely in Ptolemys hands (Theoc.
The victory won by Antigonus, king of Macedonia, over his fleet at Cos (between 2 5856; see Beloch, III.
