Akhaimenid Döneminde Büyük Phrygia ve Bölgedeki Yol Ağları
Greater Phrygia and the Road Systems in the Region During the Achaemenid Period

Summary/Abstract: When the Persians dominated Anatolia, they separated Anatolian territories into administrative zones called satrapy. One of these satrapy zones is Phrygia. However, there were two distinct Phrygia under the names of Phrygia of Hellespontos (Daskyleion) and the Greater Phrygia during the Persian era. There are many studies on Phrygia of Hellespontos which is also known as Coastal Phrygia. But studies that were done directly under the name of Greater Phrygia are quite limited. The main goal of this study is to make explainations on the matters happened in the Greater Phrygia, rulers who had powers in the region, the cities and road systems during the Persian era. There are several problems in this respect. The crux of the problems is that antique sources couldn't provide information sufficiently. As a result of our study we can say that the sources give more information about Greater Phrygia from the 4th century BC onwards, the region started to have problems especially as from Artaxerxes era, it did not take part in the events of the same century with respect to the uprisings and foreign interventions in the region when compared to the other satrapys locating in the Western Anatolia, the region has strategic importance due to its location in Royal Road and the city of Celaenae is a key city.

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