. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. tures,the face of Pamphylia was not of so rugged and mountainous a character as Pisidia,which was a highly elevated district intersected by the ridges of Mount Taurus. The name of Pamphylia signifies All-tribe-land, and the inhabitants are said tohave been a medley of many races, but principally of Greek extraction. Pamphylia,like the rest of Asia Minor, was under the dominion of Eome, and on the partition ofthe Empire between Augustus and the Senate, after the battle of Actium, became anImperial province, and was governed by a Propraetor, nominated by the
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. tures,the face of Pamphylia was not of so rugged and mountainous a character as Pisidia,which was a highly elevated district intersected by the ridges of Mount Taurus. The name of Pamphylia signifies All-tribe-land, and the inhabitants are said tohave been a medley of many races, but principally of Greek extraction. Pamphylia,like the rest of Asia Minor, was under the dominion of Eome, and on the partition ofthe Empire between Augustus and the Senate, after the battle of Actium, became anImperial province, and was governed by a Propraetor, nominated by the Emperor. See Dion, liv. 31; Fasti Sacri, p. 103, Xo. 7JJ. [ 46] ST. PAULS FIRST CIRC HIT. [Chap. YIU. Pisidia was given by Mark Antony to Amyntas, King of Galatia (fig. 68); andon the death of Amyntas, in 25, formed part of the newly-created Province ofGalatia, under the care of the Emperor. Thus at the time of Pauls visit, Pamphylia was under an Imperial Proprietor ofits own, and Pisidia was within the Galatian Fig. 68.—Coin of Amyntas. From J. ). Akerman.^hv. Head of Minerva.—Rei\ BairtAeoj? .A^yiTou (of King .\mylitas). One of the principal rivers of Pamphylia was the Cestus, now the Aksoo. Pauland his company entered the Cestus, and sailed up it till they arrived at Perga (fig. 69),the metrojiolis of Pamphylia, now Eski Kalessi. This was a considerable town,
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