TheRhodian Peraea orPeraia (Ancient Greek:ἡ τῶν Ῥοδίων περαία,lit. 'peraia of the Rhodians') was the name for the southern coast of the region ofCaria in westernAsia Minor during the 5th–1st centuries BC, when the area was controlled and colonized by the nearby island ofRhodes.
Already inClassical times, before theirsynoecism and creation of the single Rhodian state in 408 BC, the threecity-states of Rhodes,Lindos,Ialyssos, andKameiros, separately possessed territory on the mainland of Asia Minor. This comprised theCnidian Peninsula (but notCnidus itself), as well as the nearby Trachea peninsula and its neighbouring region to the east. Like Rhodes, these territories were divided intodemes, and their citizens were Rhodian citizens.[1]
During theHellenistic period, the extent of the Peraia grew with the addition of various vassal regions. It reached its greatest extent after theTreaty of Apamea in 188 BC, when the entirety of Caria andLycia south of theMaeander River came under Rhodian rule, but this was short-lived; when Rhodes submitted toRome in 167 BC, this region was lost again.[1] During this time, the Peraia comprised the fully incorporated portion, lying between Cnidus andKaunos, which as before was divided into demes and formed part of the Rhodian state,[2] and the remainder of Caria and Lycia, which were tributary to Rhodes.[3] Rhodes retained a portion of its old domains in Asia until 39 BC, when they were ceded toStratonicea.[1]
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Ancient Caria
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Oğuz-Kırca, E.D. 2015b. The Chora and The Core: A General Look at the Rural Settlement Pattern of (Pre)Hellenistic Bozburun Peninsula, Turkey. PAUSBED 20: 33-62.