the slayt was prepared by Mustafa Özay

1. MUSTAFA ALİ ÖZAY

4. Human settlement in the area goes back to 8000
BCE, before the actual site was occupied. Hittite
documents refer to a mountain site of Salawassa in
the fourteenth century BCE and the town spread
during the Phrygian and Lydian cultures.
Sagalassos was one of the wealthiest cities in
Pisidia when Alexander the Great conquered it in
333 BCE on his way to Persia.

5. The urban site was laid out on various terraces at an
altitude between 1400 and 1600 m. After having
suffered from a major earthquake in the early sixth
century CE, the town still managed to recover, but a
cocktail of epidemics, water shortages, a general
lack of security and stability, a failing economy and
finally another devastating earthquake around the
middle of the seventh century forced the inhabitants
to abandon their town and resettle in the valley.

8. Antonine Fountain of historical Sagalassos was
covered in earth following an earthquake in 500 B.C

11. The stage building of this theatre, which could seat
some 9000 spectators, was completed during 180-
210 AD.
It is very unusual that the stage building was only
one story high.
Despite its construction date, the theatre clearly
continues the Hellenstic building tradition
(horseshoe-shaped auditorium).
Contemporary buildings have a fully Roman
character.

13. Antonine Fountain is using for wedding ceramony
and jazz concert in these days