T?? ????s ?? G???k ???s ???n? ?t Aiz?n?i ???vi?? insi??t int? t?? ??li?i??s ???ctic?s ?n? ??li??s ?? t?? cit?’s in???it?nts. T?? s??ci?ic ???s ?????s?nt?? in t?? ?xc?v?ti?n m?? v???, ??t it is n?t ?nc?mm?n t? ?in? ???icti?ns ?? ??iti?s s?c? ?s Z??s, A??ll?, H??m?s, Di?n?s?s, ?? At??n? in s?c? ??c????l??ic?l ?isc?v??i?s.
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T?? ???s?nc? ?? t??s? G???k ??? ????s in Aiz?n?i ???l?cts t?? c?lt???l ?n? ??li?i??s int??c??n?? ??tw??n t?? G???k ?n? l?c?l An?t?li?n ????l?ti?ns ???in? t?? H?ll?nistic ?n? R?m?n ???i??s. It ill?st??t?s ??w G???k ??li?i??s ??li??s ?n? ic?n??????? ???m??t?? v??i??s ???i?ns ?n??? H?ll?nistic ?n? R?m?n ??l?.
T?? ?isc?v??? ?? t??s? ????s ?ls? s???s li??t ?n t?? ??li?i??s ???ctic?s ?n? ?iv??sit? wit?in t?? ?nci?nt cit? ?? Aiz?n?i its?l?. It s????sts t??t t?? ??si??nts ?? Aiz?n?i ?m???c?? ?? ?t l??st int???ct?? wit? G???k m?t??l??? ?n? ??li?i??s t???iti?ns.
Aiz?n?i w?s ???n??? ?s ? P????i?n cit? ?n t?? w?st??n ?n? ?? t?? P????i? kin???m. D??in? t?? H?ll?nistic P??i??, t?? cit? ?lt??n?t?? ??tw??n t?? ????m?ni?s ?? t?? P????m?n ?n? Bit??ni? Kin???ms, ?n? t??n c?m? ?n??? R?m?n c?nt??l in 133 BC.
Its m?n?m?nt?l ??il?in?s ??t? ???m t?? ???l? Em?i?? t? t?? 3?? c?nt??? AD, ? ???i?? w??n Aiz?n?i w?s ?n im???t?nt ??litic?l ?n? ?c?n?mic c?nt?? wit?in t?? R?m?n ???vinc? ?? P????i? P?c?ti?n?.
A?t?? t?? 7t? c?nt??? AD, A?z?ni ??ll int? ??clin?, wit? s?m? ?? t?? ??il?in?s ?n t?? t?m?l? ?ill ??in? c?nv??t?? ???in? t?? S?lj?k ???i?? (AD 1040 ?n? 1157) int? ? cit???l ?? Ç?v??? T?t??s (w?ic? t?? ??c?nt s?ttl?m?nt ?? Ç?v????is?? is n?m??).
A?c????l??ists ???m Küt???? D?ml??ın?? Univ??sit? w??? ?xc?v?tin? wit?in t?? vicinit? ?? t?? R?m?n ??i???s t??t c??ss t?? P?nk?l?s st???m, ? t?i??t??? ?? t?? ?iv?? Rin??k?s.
T?? ??s???c???s ???n? st?n? ????s ???ictin? t?? G???k ???s: E??s (t?? ??? ?? l?v? ?n? s?x), Di?n?s?s (t?? ??? ?? t?? ?????-???v?st, win?m?kin?, ??c????s ?n? ???it, v???t?ti?n, ???tilit?, ins?nit?, ?it??l m??n?ss, ??li?i??s ?cst?s?, ??stivit?, ?n? t???t??), t?? ??mi???, H???cl?s (? ?ivin? ???? in G???k m?t??l??? ?n? t?? s?n ?? Z??s ?n? Alcm?n?), ?n? s?v???l ?t??? ???s ???m t?? G???k ??nt???n.
T?? t??m ?ls? ?nc?v???? ? n???-c?m?l?t? st?t??, missin? ?nl? ??l? ?? its ????st?l ?n? ?n? ???t. T?? st?t?? m??s???s ?v?? 2 m?t??s in ??i??t ?n? ???icts ? m?l? ?i????, ?lt????? t?? t??m ??? ??t t? ?nn??nc? i? it ?????s?nts ?n im???t?nt ?i???? ???m Aiz?n?i ?? ? l???n???? ???? ?? G??.
P??vi??s ?xc?v?ti?ns in 2021 ?ls? ???n? st?n? ????s wit?in t?? vicinit? ?? t?? l?t?st ?isc?v???, w???? ??s???c???s ?n???t??? t?? ???? ?? A?????it? (t?? ?????ss ?? l?v?), ?n? Di?n?s?s, ?n? in 2020 ??c????l??ists ???n? ? ????l?ss st?t?? ?? H???cl?s, ?lt????? t?? l?t?st st?n? ???? ?? H???cl?s ???sn’t m?tc? t?? ???vi??s st?t??, s????stin? t??t ?n?t??? st?t?? is ??t t? ?? ?isc?v????.
C?mm?ntin? ?n t?? ?xc?v?ti?ns, P???. D?. Gök??n C?şk?n ???m t?? Küt???? D?ml??ın?? Univ??sit? s?i?: “D??in? t?? ?xc?v?ti?n s??s?n ?? 2022, w? ?nc?v???? m?n? ?l?cks ??l?n?in? t? t?? ??i??? wit? t?? w??ks w? c???i?? ??t ?n t?? 3?? ??i??? ????is. In ???iti?n, w? c?m? ?c??ss ? s?n?i?l ?n? m?n? ?i?c?s ?? m???l? sc?l?t???.”