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Selinus orSelinous (Ancient Greek:Σελινούς,romanized: Selinoús;Latin:Selinus;Neo-Babylonian Akkadian:𒌷𒊓𒀠𒇻𒉌𒂊,romanized: Sallunê[1][2][3]) was a port-town on the west coast ofRough Cilicia[4] and later ofIsauria, at the mouth of a small river of the same name, now called Musa Çay.[5][6][7][8][9] It is located west of the modern city ofGazipaşa in Turkey.[10][11]
In 557 BC, theNeo-Babylonian kingNeriglissar captured Sallunê, that is Selinus, during his campaign against thekingdom of Pirindu.[3] Before returning toBabylon, Neriglissar started fires from the pass of Sallunê to the border ofLydia.[4]
Selinus is memorable in history as the place in which EmperorTrajan is said by some authors to have died in 117 AD.[12] After that event, the place for a time bore the name ofTrajanopolis orTraianopolis (Τραϊανούπολις), but its bishops afterwards are called bishops of Selinus.[13]Basil of Seleucia describes the place as reduced to a state of insignificance in his time[14] though it had once been a great commercial town.[15]
Selinus was situated on a precipitous rock, surrounded on almost every side by the sea, by which position it was rendered almost impregnable. The whole of the rock, however, was not included in the ancient line of fortifications. Inside the walls there still are many traces of houses, but on the outside and between the foot of the hill and the river, the remains of some large buildings are yet standing, which appear to be a mausoleum, an agora, a theatre, an aqueduct and some tombs. No longer a residential bishopric, it remains atitular see of theRoman Catholic Church.[16]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Selinus".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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