The Stadia in Caria

Paavo ROOS

Arkhaia Anatolika 5. Sayı

Received Date : 28.11.2021 | Acceptance Date : 29.01.2022

DOI : 10.32949/Arkhaia.2022.41 | Online Publication Date : 4.2.2022 17:30:54

Abstract

The ancient stadia form a part of a vast field that includes buildings and the athletic activity performed in them. This article is confined to the buildings, and although the source material to the existence of stadia consists of literary and epigraphic evidence as well as the archaeological remains only the latter are dealt with here. Remains of stadia are common in a large part of the ancient world – but not always recognizable – but the most important part is Greece and Anatolia.

In Anatolia there are some well preserved stadia in sites like Aphrodisias, Laodiceia, Cibyra and Perge. Naturally the best preserved specimens are normally also well studied, even though there are exceptions. The best preserved ones are usually from the Roman period, and if they have had earlier predecessors, this is seldom visible. There are hardly remains from Pre-Hellenistic time.  

The article deals with only with the province of Caria in the south-western part of Anatolia which has some of the most interesting specimens of them. There are both well preserved specimens and such that leave few remains but are still – or have been – interesting. A short catalogue of the stadia in the province is provided.

Akkan, Y., Tavukçu, A. Y., Temür, A., Aydın Tavukçu, Z., Ceylan, M., Çoşkun, S. & Atalay, A. (2016). Alabanda 2015. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, 38(1), 305-328.

Aydın Tavukçu, Z. (2015). Alabanda: Tarihi Coğrafya, Topoğrafya, Araştırma ve Kazılar. Atatürk Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Enstitüsü Dergisi, 35, 223-256.

Bean, G. E. (1971). Turkey beyond the Maeander. Rowman and Littlefield.

Bean, G. E. & Cook, J. M. (1952). The Cnidia. BSA, 47, 131-212.

Bean, G. E. & Cook, J. M. (1955). The Halicarnassus Peninsula. BSA, 50, 85-171.

Bean, G. E. & Cook, J. M. (1957). The Carian Coast III. BSA, 52, 58-146.

Berkaya, B., Isager, S. & Pedersen, P. (2008). The Stadion of Ancient Halikarnassos. In P. Pedersen (Ed.) Halicarnassian Studies V (pp. 137-155). University Press of Southern Denmark.

Bingöl, O. (2020). Magnesia Kazıları 2011-2018. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, 41(3), 591-611.

Buckler, W. H & Calder, W. M. (1939). Monuments and documents from Phrygia and Caria Vol. VI. Manchester University Press.

Chandler, R. (1817). Travels in Asia Minor and Greece 1. Booker.

Debord, P. & Varinlioğlu, E. (2010). Cités de Carie : Harpasa, Bargasa, Orthosia dans l’Antiquité. Presses universitaires de Rennes.

Gerkan, A. von. (1921). Milet. Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen und Untersuchungen seit dem Jahre 1899 II, 1: Das Stadion. W. de Gruyter.

Hamilton, W. J. (1842). Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus, and Armenia, with some account of their antiquities and geology 1. John Murray.

Hild, F. (2014). Meilensteine, Straßen und das Verkehrsnetz der Provinz Karia. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press.

Kleiner, G. (1968). Die Ruinen von Milet. De Gruyter.

Knackfuss, H. (1941). Didyma. 1. Die Baubeschreibung. 1-3. Von Zabern.

Laborde, L. (1838). Voyage de l’Asie Mineure par Mrs Alexander de Laborde, Becker, Hull et Léon de Laborde redigé et publié par Léon de Laborde. Firmin Didot.

Marchese, R. T. (1986). The Lower Maeander Flood Plain. A Regional Settlement Study. B.A.R.

Pitton de Tournefort, J. (1717). Relation d’un voyage du Levant. Anisson et Posuel.

Richter, O.W. von. (1822). Wallfahrten im Morgenlande. Aus seinen Tagebüchern und Briefen dargestellt von Johann Philipp Gustav Ewers. Dorpat.

Robert, L. & Robert, J. (1954). La Carie II. Le plateau de Tabai et ses environs. A. Maisonneuve.

Robert, J. & Robert, L. (1983). Fouilles d’Amyzon en Carie. II. Exploration, histoire, monnaies et inscriptions. De Boccard.

Roos, P. (1978/80). Wiederverwendete Startblöcke vom Stadion in Ephesos. ÖJh, 52, 109-113.

Roos, P. (1991). On the connection between theatre and stadium in Anatolian cities. In H. Malay (Ed.) Erol Atalay Memorial, Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Roos, P. (1994). In Search of Ancient Stadia and Hippodromes in Anatolia. OpAth, 20, 179-188.

Roos, P. (2017). The Stadion of Labraunda. OpAthRom, 10, 107-127.

Ruggendorfer, P. (2011). Untersuchungen zur Städtebaulichen Entwicklung und zur Geschichte von Alinda 2009. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı, 28(3), 207-220.

Texier, C. (1882). Asie Mineure. Description géographique, historique et archéologique des provinces et des villes de la Chersonèse d’Asie. Firmin Didot.

Tırpan, A. A. (1987). Myndos ve Theangela. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı, 5, 167-190.

Tuna, N. (1987). Ionia ve Datça Yarımadası Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırmaları 1985-1986. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı, 5, 303-357.

Varinlioğlu, E. & Debord, P. (2000). Mission archéologique et épigraphique en Carie campagne 1998. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, 21(2), 133-142.

Varinlioğlu, E. & Debord, P. (2001). Orthosia 1999. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, 22(2), 113-118.

Welch, K. (1998). The Stadium at Aphrodisias. AJA, 102, 547-569.

Roos, P. (2022). The Stadia in Caria. Arkhaia Anatolika, 5, 24-36. https://doi.org/10.32949/Arkhaia.2022.41

Share!