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 CJliap. 25.] ACCOUNT OF COUNTEIES, ETC. 451 CHAP. 24. — PISIDIA. The Pisidae formerly called the Solymi, occupy the higher parts of the mountains. In their country there is the colony of Ca?sarea, also called Antiochia", and the towns of Oro- anda^ and Sagalessos. CHAP. 25. — LTCAONIA. These people are bounded by Lycaonia^, which belongs to the jurisdiction of the province of Asia*, to which also resort the people of Philomelium^, Tymbrium'^, Leucolithium*, Pelta, and Tyrium. To this jurisdiction is also added a whereas Strabo speaks of them as the most barbarous of all the Pisidian tribes, dwelhng only in caves. They were conquered by the consul Qoi- rinius in the time of Augustus. ^ Pisidia was a mountainous region formed by that part of the main chain of Mount Taurus which sweeps round in a semicii'cle parallel to the shore of the Paraphylian Gulf; the shore itself at the foot of the mountains forming the district of Pamphyha. On the south-east it was boimded by Cihcia, on the east and north-east by Lycaonia and Isauria, and by Phrygia Parorios on the north, where its boimdaries greatly varied at different times. 2 G-enerally called " Antioch of Pisidia," was situate on the south side of the mountain boundary between Phrygia and Pisidia. The modem Ya- lobatch is supposed to occupy its site. The remains of the ancient town are numerous. Its title of Csesarea was probably given to it on its be- coming a Eoman colony early in the unperial period. 3 D'Anville suggests that the modem Havhan occupies its site, and that Sadjakla stands on that of Sagalessos. Cappadocia, on the south by Cilicia Aspera, on the south-west by Tsauria and Phrygia Parorios, and on the north-west by Great Plirygia. It was assigned under the Persian empire to the satra])y of Cappadocia, but considered by the Greek and Roman geographers the soutli-east part of Phrygia. ^ Phrygia, or the western part of Asia, the first part of the Asiatic continent that received the name of Asia. See Chapters 28 & 29 of the present Book. ^ D'Anville thinks that the place called Il-Goim occupies the site of Pliilomela. 7 Hardouin suggests that the reading here is "Tibriani," the people of Tibrias. Ansart is of opinion that Thymbrium is meant, the place at which Cyrus defeated the army of Cnrsus. 8 Its site is unknown. It was probably so called from the quarries of white stone or marble in its vicinity. Pelta and T riuiu are also equally unknown. 2o2
 * This coimtry was bounded on the north by Galatia, on the east by