Phrygia facts for kids

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Phrygia (Greek: Φρυγία) was a kingdom in the west central part of the Anatolia. The Phrygian people started to live in the area from c. 1200 BC, and made a kingdom in the 8th century BC. It was ruined by Cimmerian invaders c. 690 BC, then conquered by its neighbor Lydia, before it passed successively into the Persian Empire of Cyrus, the empire of Alexander and his successors, was taken by the king of Pergamon, and became part of the Roman Empire. The Phrygian language survived until about the 6th century AD.

Turkey ancient region map phrygia
Location of Phrygia - traditional region (yellow) - expanded kingdom (orange line)

Images for kids

  • Museum of Anatolian Civilizations068 kopie1

    Detail from a reconstruction of a Phrygian building at Pararli, Turkey, 7th–6th Centuries BC; Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara. A griffin, sphinx and two centaurs are shown.

  • MidasSehri.Tomb

    Tomb at Midas City (6th century BC), near Eskişehir

  • Dioecesis Asiana 400 AD

    The two Phrygian provinces within the Diocese of Asia, c. 400 AD

  • Phrygian

    Man in Phrygian costume, Hellenistic period (3rd–1st century BC), Cyprus


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