Pisidia

Pisidia (Greek Πισιδία, latin Pisidia ) was in ancient times the name of a hard to reach landscape in the western Taurus Mountains to the south of Asia Minor, which extended geographically between the coastal plain near Antalya in the south and the lakes around Burdur to the north.

Pisidia bordered on the east by Lycaonia and Isauria, to the south by Pamphylia, Lycia and Phrygia on the north and west. Important places were Adada, Antioch, Apollonia, Kremna, Sagalassos, Selge, Termessos and Timbriada.

Termed warlike in ancient sources inhabitants of Pisidia, the Pisidians or Pisider were to dominate the mountain people with their defensive fortifications neither the Persians nor of Alexander the Great. After they had at least formally came under the Seleucids, their territory was from 188 BC to the Kingdom of Pergamon and fell 39 BC, Galatia. In the year 25 BC Pisidia eventually became part of the Roman province of Galatia, but was not absolute, the Roman rule.

For the language of the inhabitants of Pisidia see Pisidian language.