Aizanoi in Late Antiquity: Disintegration of Polis

Ahmet Türkan

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Aizanoi in Late Antiquity: Disintegration of Polis

Yazarlar:

Ahmet Türkan

Yayıncı:

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Dergi:

Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.24 Issue 2, pp.477-498

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293841

pISSN:

2149-9047

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Özet:

 Aizanoi, one of the important cities of Phrygia, had experienced a transformation by 3rd Century Crisis which was felt throughout Roman Empire. Local elites lost their economic privileges because the transferring Temple Lands income to the imperial treasury now, and their political dominance for the increasing pressure of central bureaucracy upon the provinces, so they withdrew from the urban life. Aizanoi lost its autonomy, and its council became dysfunctional. The public buildings, which are the symbols of the Greco-Roman urban tradition, were either abandoned or lost their functions. In this process, the use of classical necropoleis ended and cemeteries around new churches appeared. The burial customs changed, and tombstones were not produced anymore. Use of writing had also dramatically decreased. Finally, Aizanoi transformed to a medieval settlement at the end of Late Antiquity. It was also disintegration of classical urban culture and the ideal of Polis.

 Aizanoi, one of the important cities of Phrygia, had experienced a transformation by 3rd Century Crisis which was felt throughout Roman Empire. Local elites lost their economic privileges because the transferring Temple Lands income to the imperial treasury now, and their political dominance for the increasing pressure of central bureaucracy upon the provinces, so they withdrew from the urban life. Aizanoi lost its autonomy, and its council became dysfunctional. The public buildings, which are the symbols of the Greco-Roman urban tradition, were either abandoned or lost their functions. In this process, the use of classical necropoleis ended and cemeteries around new churches appeared. The burial customs changed, and tombstones were not produced anymore. Use of writing had also dramatically decreased. Finally, Aizanoi transformed to a medieval settlement at the end of Late Antiquity. It was also disintegration of classical urban culture and the ideal of Polis.

 Aizanoi, one of the important cities of Phrygia, had experienced a transformation by 3rd Century Crisis which was felt throughout Roman Empire. Local elites lost their economic privileges because the transferring Temple Lands income to the imperial treasury now, and their political dominance for the increasing pressure of central bureaucracy upon the provinces, so they withdrew from the urban life. Aizanoi lost its autonomy, and its council became dysfunctional. The public buildings, which are the symbols of the Greco-Roman urban tradition, were either abandoned or lost their functions. In this process, the use of classical necropoleis ended and cemeteries around new churches appeared. The burial customs changed, and tombstones were not produced anymore. Use of writing had also dramatically decreased. Finally, Aizanoi transformed to a medieval settlement at the end of Late Antiquity. It was also disintegration of classical urban culture and the ideal of Polis.

 Phrygianın önemli kentlerinden biri olan Aizanoi, Roma İmparatorluğunun her noktasında hissedilen 3. Yüzyıl Kriziyle bir dönüşüm süreci içine girmiştir. Kentin en önemli gelir kaynağı olan ve tarihini şekillendiren tapınak topraklarının gelirinin doğrudan imparatorluk hazinesine bağlanması ve merkeze bağlı bürokratların her zamankinden daha etkili hâle gelmesi, ayrıcalıklarını yitiren yerel seçkinlerin kent hayatından çekilmesine neden olmuştur. Kent meclisi işlevini yitirmiş, kent ise otonom yapısını yitirmiştir. Bu süreçte Aizanoi hem nüfus hem de yüz ölçümü olarak küçülmüş, nekropollerin kullanımı sona ermiş ve kiliselerin çevresi mezarlık alanları olarak kullanılmaya başlamıştır. Aynı süreçte ölü gömme geleneği değişmiş, mezar taşı üretim durmuş ve yazının kullanımı sona ermiştir. Aizanoi, Geç Antik Çağda geçirdiği bu sürecin sonunda bir Ortaçağ yerleşimine dönüşmüştür. Bu, aynı zamanda klasik kent kültürünün ve polis idealinin çözülüşüdür.

Makale detayları

Aizanoi in Late Antiquity: Disintegration of Polis

Yazarlar:

Ahmet Türkan

Yayıncı:

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Dergi:

Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.24 Issue 2, pp.477-498

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293841

pISSN:

2149-9047

Aizanoi

Late Antiquity

Polis

Writing

ElitesAizanoi

Geç Antik Çağ

Polis

Yazı

Seçkinler

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Ahmet Türkan

Yayıncı: Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Dergi: Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.24 Issue 2, pp.477-498

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001293841

pISSN: 2149-9047

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ahmet Türkan

Yayıncı:

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Dergi:

Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Vol.24 Issue 2, pp.477-498

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293841

pISSN:

2149-9047