Thebasa (Greek: Θήβασα) was a fortified place inAsia Minor inClassical Antiquity that was noted byPliny[1] as a city ofancient Lycaonia, situated inTauros.
Later, Thebasa survived (as "Dabasa" in Muslim accounts) to be taken from theByzantine Empire during theAbbasid invasion of Asia Minor (806). The site, apparently deserted since, has not been securely identified. SirWilliam Mitchell Ramsay suggested that Thebasa was the fortified high place ofHyde and gave reasons for locating the city and its fortress in the neighborhood of Kara Bunar, Turkey.[2]
Modern scholars reject the identification of Thebasa with Hyde, and tentatively place Hyde's site nearDivle,Asiatic Turkey.[3][4]
In 2022, a Polish diplomat Robert D. Rokicki found Thebasa in the Pinarkaya village ofAyrancı District inKaraman Province.[5]
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