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Article: Provincial Cilicia and the Archaeology of Temple Conversion
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- Near Eastern Archaeology
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- September 1, 2007
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Provincial Cilicia and the Archaeology of Temple Conversion By Richard Bayliss. British Archaeological Reports, International Series, no. 128I.Oxford: Archaeopress, 2004. Pp.xiv + 243,183 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Cloth. £35.00. ISBN 1-84171-634-0.
Though the technical-sounding title suggests a narrow study, one should not be mislead. Cilicia was a relatively small Roman province on the coast in southcentral Turkey, but the issue addressed is one that might engage anyone fascinated by the archaeology and cultural history of the ancient Mediterranen world. Indeed, Christianizing the ancient Mediterranean was a process of far-reaching implications, an issue, according ...