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Ancyra (Phrygia)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: T. Drew Bear

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes

Last modified Apr 03, 2026 07:54 PM — History

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An ancient settlement of Phrygia, near the origin of the Mekestos river. Heavily spoliated, especially since the mid-19th century, and now cultivated, a Byzantine fortress on the hill immediately east of modern Boğazköy in Turkey's Kütahya province is uniformly identified with this ancient Ankyra. Many modern commentators have adopted the name "Ancyra Sidera" on the basis of an entry for a bishop in Latin and Syriac versions of the attendees the Council of Chalcedon (missing from the Greek witnesses), but Price 2010 asserts it may be a corruption of a lost original entry for a bishop of "Ancyra and Synaos".

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/609305

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.153343, 28.863997

Locations:

Central Point:
- Imagery Location (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ancyra (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ἄγκυρα Φρυγίας (Ankyra Phrygias: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Uncertain: ῎Αγκυρα Σιδηρα (Ankyra Sidera: Ancient Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Ἄγκυρα τῆς Ἀβαείτιδος (Ankyra tes Abaeitidos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
Ethnic Names:
- Άνκυρανοί (Ankyranoi: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
Associated Modern Names:
- Boğazköy (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Kiliseköy (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
Labels (map, atlas, gazetteer):
- ANCYRA Kalesi (Boğazköy) (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Ankyra (Ancient Greek, AD 1900 - AD 1999)

Ancyra (Phrygia) makes connections with:

None

Ancyra (Phrygia) receives connections from:

Krollenoi part of (administrative) Ancyra (Phrygia) (30 BC - AD 300)

Place type:
settlement (fortified), ruin, settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 62 A3 Ankyra

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Boğaz Köy, formerly Kilise Köy

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Suggested citation:
T. Drew Bear, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Ancyra (Phrygia): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/609305> [accessed: 11 May 2026]

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