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Cenotaph of Gaius Caesar

Limyra, Lycia, Turkey

4 CE

17 M x 17 M

Gaius Ceaser was the garndson of Augustus and adopted child and was raised to succeed him. He died in the small port town of Limyra on the 21st of February from a wound received during a battle fought in Armenia. His body was sent to Rome on the orders of Augustus and he was buried in Augustus’ Mausoleum. The Limyrians constructed a Cenotaph dedicated to his memory. A cenotaph is a monumental tomb-like stucture raised to the memory of rulers or heroes who died on the battlefield, at sea or in foreign lands.

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Ptolemaion

Limyra, Lycia, Turkey

ca. 270 BCE 

After Alexander the Great had ended Achemenid rule - he passed through Lycia in early 333 BCE - much of Lycia was ruled by Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander’s successors, who had started a kingdom of his own in Egypt. He was succeeded by his son Ptolemy II Philadelphos, who supported the Limyrans when they were threatened by the Galatians (a Celtic tribe that had invaded Asia Minor). The grateful citizens of Limyra dedicated a monument to their savior, which was called the Ptolemaion.

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Second batch of authors’ names have gone up!

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Welcome aboard to the new authors joining us!! And don’t forget that everyone is eligible to submit a candidate theme for our first issue via ye olde ask box! There’s been some good stuff submitted thus far, so keep it coming. :)

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