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Sardes

Sardis
Σάρδεις (Greek)
The Bath-Gymnasium complex at Sardis, late 2nd - early 3rd century AD, Sardis, Turkey (17098680002).jpg
The gymnasium of Sardis
Sardis is located in Turkey
Sardis
Shown within Turkey
Alternate name Sardes
Location Sart, Manisa Province, Turkey
Region Lydia
Coordinates 38°29′18″N 28°02′25″E / 38.48833°N 28.04028°E / 38.48833; 28.04028Coordinates: 38°29′18″N 28°02′25″E / 38.48833°N 28.04028°E / 38.48833; 28.04028
Type Settlement
History
Abandoned Around 1402 AD
Cultures Lydian, Persian, Greek, Roman
Site notes
Excavation dates 1910–1914, 1922, 1958–present
Archaeologists Howard Crosby Butler, G.M.A. Hanfmann, Crawford H. Greenewalt, jr., Nicholas Cahill
Condition Ruined
Ownership Public
Public access Yes
Website Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

Sardis (/ˈsɑːrdɪs/) or Sardes (/ˈsɑːrdz/; Lydian: Sfard; Ancient Greek: Σάρδεις Sardeis; Old Persian: Sparda) was an ancient city at the location of modern Sart (Sartmahmut before 19 October 2005) in Turkey's Manisa Province. Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, one of the important cities of the Persian Empire, the seat of a proconsul under the Roman Empire, and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and Byzantine times. As one of the Seven churches of Asia, it was addressed by John, the author of the Book of Revelation in the Holy Bible, in terms which seem to imply that its population was notoriously soft and fainthearted. Its importance was due first to its military strength, secondly to its situation on an important highway leading from the interior to the Aegean coast, and thirdly to its commanding the wide and fertile plain of the Hermus.


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