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English: From the Western City Gate. Roman, 2nd or 3th century AD.

In fact, the block is lying upside down; if turned, one recognizes the skull of an ox.

A notice at the gate gives: "Antiocheia is on a hill approximately 1236 m high and lies 1 km north of Yalvaç County of Isparta Province. The city is surrounded my the Sultan Mountains to the east, Karakuş Mountain to the north, Kızıldağ Mountain to the southeast, Kirisli Mountain and northern shore of Eğirdir Lake to the southwest. The acropolis of the citadel, which is surrounded by city walls, has an area of 47 hectares. The antique city was founded my Antiochus I from the Seleucid dynasty, between 281 BC – 261 BC and was called “Antiocheia”. Emperor Augustus, who established the first an greatest military colony in Pisidia, honoured the city with the title of Caesareia in 25 BC. The city became the capital of the region and a rich metropolis during the Roman Period. In the Early Empire Period the city was reconstructed on a new systematic plan, and many religious and secular buildings were built. The currently known buildings with the grid plan are the Augustan Temple, Theatre, Roman Bath, St. Paul’s Church, Central Church, Northern Church, Tiberius Square and Nymphaeum, besides these, Decumanus Maximus, Cardo Maximus, Western Gate and Propylon are also excavated at the archaeological site. St. Paul, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ who played an essential role in the spreading of Christianity with his political identity, made three journeys from Jerusalem to Antiocheia, the capital of Pisidia. He lived there as a tent maker for two years. He taught Christianity by addressing the people of different faiths, and he preached Christianity from Antiocheia. All these factors further increased the importance of Antiocheia."