. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ist-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 lpsus intothat of the Seleucidae of Syria. But on the murderof Seleucus Ceraunus, Achaeus set himself up asking of that portion of Asia Minor, and made Sanieshis residence. (Polyb. iv. 48, v. 57.) AntioclinSthe Great besieged the usurper in his capital for awhole year, until at length Lagoras, a Cretan, scaledthe ra
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ist-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 lpsus intothat of the Seleucidae of Syria. But on the murderof Seleucus Ceraunus, Achaeus set himself up asking of that portion of Asia Minor, and made Sanieshis residence. (Polyb. iv. 48, v. 57.) AntioclinSthe 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; hutthe emperor ordered its restoration. (Tac. Ann. Strab. xiii. p. 627.) In the book of Revelation. COIX OF SAEDES. SARDINIA. (iii. 1. ity.). Sardes is named as one of the SevenChurches, whence it is clear that at that lime itsinhabitants had adopted Christianity. From Pliny(v. SO) we learn that Sardes was the capital of atus: during the first centuries of the Christianera we hear of more than one council held there;ami it continued to be a wealthy city down to thethe Byzantine empire. (Eunap. p. 154; Hie-rocl. p. 66.).) The Turks took possession of it inthe 11th century, and two centuries later it wasalmost entir I by Tamerlane. Comn. p. •!:..?> : M. Docaa, ) Sardes is nowlittle more than a village, still bearing the name of• led in the midst of the ruins ofthe ancient city. These ruins, though extendingover a lar_«- Bpace, are not of any great consequence;tiny consist of the remains of a stadium, a theatre,and the triple walls of the acropolis, witli loftylowers. The fertile plain of Sardes bore the name of Sar-diene or lap^avbv
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