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Paflagonia (In Latin Paphlagonia, in Greek παφλαλαλαλία) it is an ancient part of the Anatolia area, in the costa del Sea, Situlinia between Bithy and Ponto, and Galaty Separate for a prologation for a prolong. According to the estrabon, the Río Parthenius formably the boundaries of the Western Region, and Ithrominab in this end to the Río Hallys.
Etymology [ To edit ]
According to the Hebrew tradition and Flavio Josephus, paflagonia is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Riphath, who was a son of Gomer, who in turn was the son of Jafet, who gave rise, around the century VIII to. C., to some Celtic tribes that emigrated east of Europe. Another possibility is that the name Paphlagonia be connected to the place name Black Ultimately related to the name given by the Hittites to the region Palā .
Hittite period [ To edit ]
The oldest hititas sources refer to the region as “land of palā” and was one of the three regions in which the Hitita Empire was divided (the other two were luwiya to the south, and the country of Hatti, in the center of the empire). The latest hititas texts rarely mention it, because the region had declined in importance, perhaps by the Kaskas attacks [ first ] Of the northern mountains that caused serious problems to the hititas throughout their history.
Palā’s language was not the Hittite language, but an native language related to the hittite called Palaíta. It is possible that towards the century XIII to. C., or even before, the Palaíta was extinct as a spoken language. [ 2 ]
Prehelenic period [ To edit ]
In the century IX to. C. The kingdom of Phrygia is formed whose territorial expansion would include the territory of paflagonia. This kingdom was subjected to attacks by the Cimerios, an equestrian people from northern Caucasus, which also attacked the kingdom of Urartu. The pressure of the cimerios made Frigia fall, which was replaced by Lidia as hegemonic power in central anatolia. King Alyates of Lidia conquered the territory of Paflagonia extending his kingdom to the left bank of the Halys River in 585 a. C. A short time later Ciro II the Great of Persia would defeat Creso de Lidia in the battle of Pteria (546 BC), passing paflagonia and the entire kingdom of Lidia to be a Persian province. Persian domain would last until the invasion of Alexander the Great, which in 334 a. C. arrived in the city of Gordio and occupied paflagonia.
Hellenic period [ To edit ]
After Alejandro’s death, Paflagonia was subjected to Hellenistic domain, although there were periods in which he was politically independent of the kingdoms of the Diedocos. Paflagonia continued to be governed by local princes, until it fell under the domain of the kingdom of the Ponto, being subjected for some periods by the independent kingdom of Bitinia. The Greek city of Sinape continued to be independent until 183 a. C. Subsequently Bitinia became a Roman province in 74 a. C. And a little later also Ponto.
Roman and Byzantine domain [ To edit ]
Pompey joined the coastal districts of Paflagonia and most of the Ponto to the Roman province of Bitinia, although the interior of the country was in the hands of native princes until the local dynasty was extinguished and complete paflagonia was incorporated into the Roman Empire. The name was maintained by the geographers, although their borders were not clearly defined.
Subsequently, in the century IN d. C., a province of paflagonia was created under the Byzantine Empire. In the century VII d. C. Paflagonia became part of the Opsikión Thema and later of the Boukellarion Thema, before being divided into two towards the 820 to form an administratively separated province (Thema of Paflagonia).
Places in paflagonia [ To edit ]
In this region, the city of SINOP highlighted (in honor of Sinope), where the cynical was originally from Diogenes.
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