Plan with road axes, gates and walls. Like other cities founded in the Hellenistic period, Attaleia was laid out on an orthogonal urban grid.
Bibliography (1)
- Grainger, J. D.; The Cities of Pamphylia.
A Hellenistic city in Pamphylia founded by Attalus II Philadelphus, probably before 150 BC. After the end of the kingdom of Pergamon in 133, Attaleia seems to have remained free. In 77 BC, however, it was finally annexed by Rome. Attaleia served as a base for Pompey in assembling his fleet in 67 BC and was visited by Hadrian in AD 130. Whether Attaleia was founded on the site of an older city is debated. Its harbour, though small, is nevertheless the best natural inlet on this coast, and it is likely that there was some kind of earlier settlement before this Hellenistic city. (Stilwell, 1976:111)
Relationship between ásty and khóra