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{{Short description|Ancient settlement in Atabey, Isparta, Turkey}}
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'''Seleucia Sidera''' ({{langx|grc|Σελεύκεια η Σιδηρᾶ}}, ''Seleukeia hê Sidêra''; {{langx|la|Seleucia Ferrea}}), also [[transliterated]] as '''Seleuceia''', '''Seleukeia''', and later known as '''Claudioseleucia''', Greek '''Klaudioseleukeia''', was an ancient city in the northern part of [[Pisidia]], [[Anatolia]], near the village of Bayat (old name Selef), near [[Atabey]], about 15&nbsp;km north-northeast of [[Isparta]], [[Isparta Province]], in the [[Mediterranean Region, Turkey|Mediterranean Region]] of [[Turkey]].

Founded by [[Seleucus I Nicator]] or [[Antiochus I Soter]] to protect the military road across northern Pisidia. The city's surname ''Sidera'' (hê Sidêra, Ptol. v. 5. § 4; Hierocl. p.&nbsp;673), is probably derives from [[Ironworks|iron-works]] in its vicinity.  The city minted its own coins, some of which bear the image of the [[Asia]]tic [[divinity]] [[Men (Anatolian mythology)|Men]], who was worshipped at [[Antioch]].

The city was restored by the [[Roman emperor]] [[Claudius]], and the name was changed to ''Claudioseleucia''.  This name is retained on the city's coins down to the time of [[Claudius II]], though in [[Ptolemy]], the ''[[Synecdemus]]'' of [[Hierocles (author of Synecdemus)|Hierocles]], and the ''[[Notitia Dignitatum|Notitiae Dignitatum]]'' the name is recorded as Seleucia.

The city was [[Christianized]] early, its [[bishop]], [[Eutychius (bishop of Seleucia Sidera)|Eutychius]] being present at the [[First Council of Nicaea|Council of Nicaea]] in 325. [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/courses/535/Harnack/bk4ch3-3-182.htm]

The city is in ruins. Remnants of the [[city wall]], a [[necropolis]], and a [[theater]] can be found.

==External links==
*[[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith, William]] (editor); ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography]]'', [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064&query=head%3D%2310002 "Seleucia Sidera"], [[London]], (1854)
*Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister (editors); ''[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0006&layout=&loc=&query=toc The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites]'', [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999%2e04%2e0006&query=id%3dseleuceia%2dsidera#id,seleuceia-sidera "Seleucia Sidera"], [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], (1976)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=YClYrH2Rd3oC&dq=%22Selef%22+%22Isparta%22&pg=PA98 Sagalassos IV: Report on the Survey and Excavation Campaigns of 1994 and 1995], page 98
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[[Category:Archaeological sites in the Mediterranean region, Turkey]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey]]
[[Category:Seleucid colonies in Anatolia]]
[[Category:Populated places in Pisidia]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]
[[Category:Geography of Isparta Province]]
[[Category:History of Isparta Province]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Isparta Province]]
[[Category:Atabey District]]
[[Category:Seleucus I Nicator]]


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