Phrygia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Phrygia |
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| Ancient Kingdom of Anatolia | |
| Location | Central Anatolia |
| State existed | Dominant kingdom in Asia Minor from c. 1200–700 BC |
| Capital | Gordium |
| Persian satrapy | Hellespontine Phrygia, Greater Phyrgia |
| Roman province | Galatia, Asia |
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Phrygia (Greek: Φρυγία) was a kingdom in the west central part of the Anatolia. The Phrygian people started to live in the area from c. 1200 BC, and made a kingdom in the 8th century BC. It was ruined by Cimmerian invaders c. 690 BC, then conquered by its neighbor Lydia, before it passed successively into the Persian Empire of Cyrus, the empire of Alexander and his successors, was taken by the king of Pergamon, and became part of the Roman Empire. The Phrygian language survived until about the 6th century AD.
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Gordion archeological site
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Zeus Temple in ancient city of Aizanoi belongs to Phrygia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Theatre complex of Aizanoi in Phrygia
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Phrygian soldiers. Detail from a reconstruction of a Phrygian building at Pararli, Turkey, 7th–6th centuries BC.
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Ruins of the Lycus
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Horseman and griffin, Phrygia, 600–550 BC.
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Detail from a reconstruction of a Phrygian building at Pararli, Turkey, 7th–6th centuries BC: Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara. A griffin, sphinx and two centaurs are shown.
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The location of Hellespontine Phrygia, and the provincial capital of Dascylium, in the Achaemenid Empire, c. 500 BC.
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The two Phrygian provinces within the Diocese of Asia, c. 400 AD.
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The Polyxena sarcophagus in Çanakkale Archaeological Museum, Turkey.
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The Midas Mound Tumulus at Gordion, dated ca. 740 BCE.
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Man in Phrygian costume, Hellenistic period (3rd–1st century BC), Cyprus
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See also
In Spanish: Frigia para niños
