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11/12/2015 06:00 PM
ISAW Lecture Hall
After the Hittite Empire
Phrygian Identities and the Political History of Central Anatolia in the Early First Millennium BCE
Lorenzo d'Alfonso
When historians and archaeologists try to define who the Phrygians were, they have to face the existence of a complex, often contradictory body of information deriving from the many ancient Phrygian identities. This is particularly true if we examine the formation and development of the Phrygian kingdom. While the main discourse on the Phrygian kingdom derives from the classical Greek and Roman authors, the formation of this kingdom is deeply linked with the new political situation generated in Central Anatolia by the fall of the Hittite empire.