Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS:10x19 antik kentler 8/1/11 10:52 AM Sayfa
water was brought from the surrounding hills. According to their
inscription, the aqueducts were built by Tiberius Cladius Italicus in
the 1 st -2 nd centuries AD.
affairs and as a courthouse. Much of this section is still standing. The
triple-nave basilica, extending 105 m. to the west, was a commercial
building and the agora lay to its west. The agora was surrounded by
public buildings. West of the agora is a covered marketplace, measuring
70 m. long. The front was open and consisted of a row of shops with a
stoa in front. North of the agora are the remains of a nymphaion
(fountain) of which only the 32.5 m. long, 15 m. high facade still exists
today. This elaborately decorated facade has two rows of niches. North
west of the fountain are the remains of the bouleuterion, which was used
as the city-state's parliament hall. In the center of the ruins are the
traces of the foundations of a monumental arch. At the southern end of
the basilica are the remains of exedrae, which served both as pedestals
for statues and stone benches for the public. Another of the remains
worth mentioning at Aspendos are the city's magnificent aqueducts,
parts of which are in the nearby village and on the site of the ruins.
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