South-Eastern Anatolia at a Crossroads

Contents

Preface – Emanuela Borgia

Introduction. Hellenization versus Romanization: Understanding Cultural Identity in the Eastern Mediterranean – Oğuz Tekin

Local Patterns and Syrian Influences in the Colonnaded Streets of Roman Cilicia and Pamphylia – Emanuela Borgia

The Bath Buildings of Cilicia, Pamphylia and Lycia in Roman Times. Characteristics, Layout and Peculiarities – Emanuele Casagrande Cicci

The Religious Life of Tarsus in the Light of Numismatic Evidence: Some Observations – Edward Dąbrowa

The Doric Order in Rough Cilicia: Local Identities or Cultural Interactions? – Beatrice Fochetti

Antiochia ad Cragum in Western Rough Cilicia: From Pirate Base to Hadrian – Michael Hoff

Veterans of the Roman Army in Cilicia – Mustafa Hamdi Sayar

Marble in Cilicia in Antiquity as Evidence of Import of Building-material and Architectural Interaction – Marcello Spanu

Funerary Practices in Karpasia (Cyprus) and Kelenderis (Cilicia) during the 4th/3rd Century BC: A Comparative Analysis – Latife Summerer, Hazar Kaba

Tiny Kingdoms of Prophetic Ideals. The Impact of the Melting Pot of Roman-dependent South-Eastern Anatolia on the Ideological and Political Concepts of the Roman and Early Byzantine World – Ljuben Tevdovski

Materials and Techniques of Construction in the Northeast Temple at Antiochia ad Cragum – Rhys F. Townsend, Ege Erdogmus

About the Author

Emanuela Borgia is Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology and Archaeology of the Roman Provinces in the Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità, Sapienza Università di Roma. Her research principally addresses the history and archaeology of the Roman Provinces; urban planning and architecture in its Eastern Provinces; the frontiers of the Roman Empire; migration and mobility in the ancient Mediterranean; Roman and Late Roman pottery in Italy and the Roman Provinces. She is the author of many scientific papers and of a book on the colonnaded streets of Cilicia. Since 2020 she has directed the archaeological excavation of the late Roman and Early Medieval Necropolis of Castel Sozzio (Viterbo, Italy) and is the coordinator of national and international projects in Italy, Great Britain, Turkey and Egypt.