Timeline for City and Theatre
Aspendos, Turkey
)546 BC
Aspendos (Estwediiys) under Persian rule
ca. 500 BC
coins minted in the 4th and 5th centuries BC give the citie's name as Estwediiys
ca. 480 BC
Estwediiys (Aspendos) under protection of the Delian League
469 BC
Persian fleet defeated off coast of Aspendos by Athenian maritime alliance (Delian League)
411 BC
the Persians are back; city re-captured and used it as a Persian base
404 BC
Peloponnesian War ends; Sparta now controls Athenian Empire including Aspendos
386 BC
Persians regain control of Aspendos from Sparta
334 BC
Alexander the Great defeats Persians; Aspendos free of Persian Rule
334 - 133 BC
Aspendos alternately under the control of the Ptolemies and the Seleucids following the death of Alexander and eventually falling into the hands of the Kingdom of Pergamon, to which it remained bound until 133 BC
133 BC
Aspendos comes under Roman rule
161-180 AD
theatre at Aspendos constructed; considerable municiple construction in Aspendos between 2nd and 3rd century AD while under Roman rule
ca. 200 AD
- orchestra at Aspendos theatre renovated allowing for gladitorial games ( parapet built between audience and orchestra
ca. 1200 AD
Aspendos under Selcuk rule; theatre restored; reinforced the entire north wing with bricks and embellished for use as palace
ca 1400
city was abandoned; the area now governed by the Ottomans
1871
- ruins of Aspendos theatre discovered by Count Landskonski ; No pre-Roman evidence of Aspendos has been discovered
General Timeline for Turkey Mycenaean Period ca. 1500 - 1200 BC
Late Roman Empire ca. AD 293 - 395
Phrygian, Uratian, Lydian Period ca. 1200 - 542 BC
Early Byzantine Period ca. AD 395 - 610
Persian-Classical Period ca. 542 - 333 BC
Middle Byzantine Period ca. AD 610 - 961
Early Hellenistic Period ca. 333 - 167 BC
Late Byzantine Period ca. AD 961 - 1176
Late Hellenistic Period ca. 167 BC - AD 43
Seljuk Turkish Period ca. AD 1176 - 1299
Early Roman Empire ca. AD 43 - 162
Ottoman Turkish Period ca. AD 1299 - 1922
Middle Roman Empire ca. AD 162 - 293
Modern Turkey ca. AD 1922 - present
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