Heraclea Cybistra
Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Κύβιστρα | |
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| Location | Turkey |
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| Region | Konya Province |
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Heraclea Cybistra (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Κύβιστρα), or simply Heraclea or Herakleia (Ἡράκλεια), also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Cappadocia or Cilicia; located at the site of modern Ereğli in Konya Province, Turkey.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]Middle Bronze
[edit | edit source]In the Hittite Old Kingdom, it was known as Hupisna/Hubisna.
Late Bronze
[edit | edit source]In the Hittite New Kingdom (Hittite Empire), Hupisna was part of the empire.
Iron Age
[edit | edit source]Dated to the 8th century BC, about 12 km south of Heraclea, is the Hittite İvriz relief.[2]
Hellenistic to Crusader periods
[edit | edit source]It had some importance in Hellenistic times owing to its position near the point where the road to the Cilician Gates enters the hills. It lay in the way of armies and was more than once sacked by the Arab invaders of Asia Minor[3] (by Harun al-Rashid in 806 and al-Ma'mun in 832). Heraclea was also the site of multiple battles in the Crusade of 1101, wherein Seljuk forces dealt a decisive blow to multiple contingents of the Crusader armies.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Heraclea Cybistra archiqoo.com
- ^ Lionel Bier, "A Second Hittite Relief at Ivriz", Journal of Near Eastern Studies 35:2:115-126 (April 1976) JSTOR 545196
- ^ Hogarth 1911.
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