Selge was an important Psidian city located at the southern side of Taurus Mountains and within Koprulu Canyon National Park to the east of Antalya province. The ancient site is hardly reachable in an area well protected by the cliffs and valleys, at approximately 1000 meters above the sea level. To get to the site, you should take Antalya - Alanya highway and turn left after 5 km from Aspendos, then drive another 55 km in a forested area towards the mountains.
We don’t know much about the history of Selge. According to Strabo, the founder of the city is Calchas, a mythical soothsayer in the Trojan War, during the 2nd millennium B.C. Then Lacedaemonians (Spartans) settled in this area. Afterwards, people came here with the colonisation of Rhodes as well.
Selge was an old enemy of Termessos and they allied with Alexander the Great who besieged that city in the 4th century B.C. Selge was in continuous fight with their neighbors due to the aggressive nature of the inhabitants of Pisidia and they always remained independent.
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