Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . t-ance, for which he rewarded its inhabitants by re-storing to them their freedom and their ancientlaws and institutions. (Arrian, i. 17.) After thedeath of Alexander, Sardes came into the possessionof Antigonus, and after his defeat at Ipsus intothat of the Seleucidae of Syria. But on the murderof Seleucus Ceraunus, Achaeus set liimself up asking of that portion of Asia Jlinor, and made Sardeshis residence. (Polyb. iv. 48, v. 57.) Antiocliusthe Great besieged the usurper in his capital for awhole year, until at length Lagoras, a Cretan, scaledthe ramp
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . t-ance, for which he rewarded its inhabitants by re-storing to them their freedom and their ancientlaws and institutions. (Arrian, i. 17.) After thedeath of Alexander, Sardes came into the possessionof Antigonus, and after his defeat at Ipsus intothat of the Seleucidae of Syria. But on the murderof Seleucus Ceraunus, Achaeus set liimself up asking of that portion of Asia Jlinor, and made Sardeshis residence. (Polyb. iv. 48, v. 57.) Antiocliusthe Great besieged the usurper in his capital for awhole year, until at length Lagoras, a Cretan, scaledthe ramparts at a point where they were not this occasion, again, a great part of the city wasdestroyed. (Polyb. vii. 15, &c. viii. 23.) WhenAntiochus was defeated by the Romans in the battleof Magnesia, Sardes passed into the hands of theRomans. In the reign of Tiberius the city wasreduced to a heap of ruins by an earthquake; butthe emperor ordered its restoration. (Tac. ^?m. Strab. xiii. p. 627.) In the book of Revelation. COIN OF SiVKDES. SARDINIA. (iii. 1, &c.), Saitles is named as one of tlie SevenChurches, %Yhence it is clear that at that time itsinhabitants had adopted Christianity. From Pliny(v. 30) ve learn that Sardes was the capital of aconventus: during the first centuries of the Christianera we hear of more than one council held there;and it continued to be a wealthy city down to theend of the Byzantine empire. (Eunap. p. 154; Hie-rocl. p. 669.) The Turks took possession of it inthe 11th century, and two centuries later it wasalmost entirely destroyed by Tamerlane. (AnnaGomn. p. 323 ; 51. Ducas, p. 39.) Sardes is nowlittle more than a village, still bearing the name ofSuft, which is situated in the midst of the ruins ofthe ancient city. These ruins, though extendingover a large space, are not of any great consequence;they consist of the remains of a stadium, a theatre,and the triple walls of the acropolis, with loftytowers. The fertile plain of Sardes bor
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