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  • geo:39.331661,31.582659

Period or year

  • -400~ / unknown

Classification

  • city
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Pessinous

data access 2261

TP Pesinunte

IA Pessinunto

Pesinvnte

Pessinus (Ballıhisar) was according to Ancient Greek and Roman authors traditiom a Phrygian city founded by the king Midas but archaeological research since 1967 showed that the city developed ca 400 BC at the earliest.

  1. Damjan Krsmanovic, Ground Survey in Pessinus and its surroundings, Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 33.1-http://www.academia.edu/4376672

  2. Damjan Krsmanovic, The excavations at Pessinus: a conspectus of the work by P. Lambrechts (1967-73) and J. Devreker (1986-2008)
  3. John Devreker,Hugo Thoen,Frank Vermeulen,  Excavations in Pessinus: The So-called Acropolis : from Hellenistic and Roman Cemetery to Byzantine Castle, Academia Press, 2003

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Creators: Entry created by René Voorburg (2012-05-29) , last updated by Elżbieta (2023-12-14), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/2261
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Suggested citation: Voorburg, R. and , E., Pessinous. https://vici.org/vici/2261, accessed 2026-10-25.