Kilikia, Hierapolis-Kastabala
Circa 2nd-1st century BCE
AE 20.5mm 6.87g
Obv.: turreted bust of Tyche right, wearing necklace; monogram behind. Rev.: TΩN ΠPOC TΩI ΠYPAMΩI THC IEPAC KAI ACYΛOY, Tyche seated left, holding sceptre; below throne, eagle standing left.
SNG Levante 1565
People even today head to the hot springs of Pamukkale, which lie next to the still extant ruins of Hierapolis. Now a Unesco World Heritage site, people have been vacationing here for over two thousand years.
Hierapolis was founded by Antiochos I Soter and became a polis under Eumenes of Pergamon. The city later became a refuge for many Jews, and by 62 BCE their population is estimated to have numbered 50,000.
Adramytteion, Smyrna, Sestos, Synnada, Philadelphia, Laodikeia ad Lykon, Attalaia, Erythrai, Ephesos, Perge, Hierapolis, and Assos come under Roman control after Attalos III, the last Attalid king, leaves it to Rome in his will.
Adramytteion, Aigai, Philadelphia, Apollonis, Hierapolis, Smyrna, Sardis and Magnesia are severely damaged by an earthquake. Tiberius provides financial support.
The philosopher Epictitus is born as a slave in Hierapolis.
Laodikeia ad Lykon and Hierapolis are destroyed by an earthquake. Nero provides funds for the rebuild.
The Christian apostle Philip is crucified at Hierapolis.
The theater at Hierapolis is constructed for a visit by Hadrian.
Caracalla visits Hierapolis and bestows a neokoros on it.
Valens visits Hierapolis.