place
Sardis
also: Sardiani, the Sardians, the people of Sardis
Ancient Lydian capital, the chief inland city of the Roman province of Asia, on the road between Pergamum and Ephesus. The seat of one of the conventus of the province.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 13.55 §1 the people of Sardis
Sardis: ancient Lydian capital, the chief inland city of the Roman province of Asia, on the road between Pergamum and Ephesus. The dispute between Anneius and the city is not further specified in the corpus.
- Ad Familiares 13.57 §2 his business with the people of Sardis
Sardis, the old Lydian capital and a chief inland city of the province of Asia, was the seat of one of the province's assize districts (conventus). M. Anneius had a legal dispute with the city that fell under Thermus's jurisdiction.