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Selge
Origins
Selge was founded in the high Taurus north of Pamphylia, above the Eurymedon gorge. Its citizens claimed descent from Spartans and from the seer Calchas, but the city grew from a Pisidian community that became increasingly Greek from the 5th century BCE.
Rule and society
Selge was a self-governing city controlling fertile upland valleys that produced olives, wine and storax resin used in perfume. Strabo says it could once field 20,000 men, and in 218 BCE it resisted a siege by the Seleucid general Achaeus.
Decline and legacy
Selge kept its independence until Rome organised the region. In 25 BCE it became part of the province of Galatia and lived on as a Roman provincial town.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
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- Selge was conquered by Roman Empire25 BCE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Selge. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/selge
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