Agatheira

Agatheira was a town of ancient Lydia, inhabited during Hellenistic times.[1] Its site is located near Halitpaşa in Asiatic Turkey.[1][2] This colony was called a katoikiai, along with Magnesia-by-Sipylus, Hyrcanis, and Thyateira.[3] They were separated from one another by about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi).[3]

Evidence show that Macedonians settled in this town such as an inscription at Hyrcanis, which contained insights regarding the settlers' organizational structure.[4] There was also a record that cited Macedonian settlers honoring a certain Seleukos son of Menekrates during the reign of Eumenes II (188-158 BC).[5] This event transpired during a period of "polisification" of the non-polis colonial settlements in west Anatolia.[5]

References
  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. Kosmin, Paul J. (2014). The Land of the Elephant Kings. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 191. ISBN 9780674728820.
  4. Cohen, Getzel M. (2006). The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa. Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780520241480.
  5. Thonemann, Peter (2013). Attalid Asia Minor: Money, International Relations, and the State. Oxford: OUP Oxford. p. 29. ISBN 9780199656110.


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