Tarsus was a city first inhabited by Phoenicians and Luwian-speaking Hittites but later artificially transformed into a supposedly Greek colony after the coming of Alexander. In the mid-imperial age its elite was proud of its Greek origins, but a large amount of Phoenicians still lived there. The Severan Empire transformed these Phoenicians, or many of them, into Roman citizens by conferring new political privileges. Because of the Semitic origins of Severus and his dynasty, the Phoenician and especially Tyrian contribution to the original foundation of the city and to its new foundation as a Roman city also earned greater prestige.
Tarsus in the Age of Septimius Severus and Caracalla
Mastrocinque
2019-01-01
Abstract
Tarsus was a city first inhabited by Phoenicians and Luwian-speaking Hittites but later artificially transformed into a supposedly Greek colony after the coming of Alexander. In the mid-imperial age its elite was proud of its Greek origins, but a large amount of Phoenicians still lived there. The Severan Empire transformed these Phoenicians, or many of them, into Roman citizens by conferring new political privileges. Because of the Semitic origins of Severus and his dynasty, the Phoenician and especially Tyrian contribution to the original foundation of the city and to its new foundation as a Roman city also earned greater prestige.
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