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Domitian's Gate - Hierapolis - Turkey

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Worth a full screen look! This beautiful vaulted gate at Hierapolis was built in honor of Emperor Domitian by Gaius Frontinus, proconsul of Asia Minor who actually resided in Ephesus. It was built in the second half of the first century A.D. It leads into the main street of the city, called Frontinus Street or the Monumental Way. It is one of the two main gates into the city. I was standing in the city looking at the inside of the gate; you can see the remains of the columns of the monuments that gave Frontinus street its alternate name. Interesting that when it was built this gate served no defensive purpose, for at that time the city was not walled. The walls, and defensive towers, which you can see here, were added later. You can see the tower on the left is built of more massive blocks of darker colored rock, indicating it was built with a different material and method than the gate. Why build a gate if you have no walls? Well the Romans were concerned about taxes and the administration of law. What this gate did was to establish the boundaries of the city and thereby the effect of law. City law stopped at this gate; what you could and could not do according to the law was controlled by where you stood in relation to Domitian's Gate! Previous Turkey
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"Hot Springs of Hierapolis"

Comments (27)


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twelvemark21

10:38PM | Fri, 06 January 2012

Definitely more than worth the full screen look! Exceptional landscape...

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SidheRoseGraphics

10:40PM | Fri, 06 January 2012

Lol...as if a gate ever stopped anyone. A really fantastic panorama here, Roxy. It must have been quite splendorous in it's day and truly monumental in scope and grandeur. Kind of sad to see it mostly in rubble like this, but such is the life of ancient cities. The trees in the background there must be fairly old. They make a splendid backdrop, don't they?

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Faemike55

10:44PM | Fri, 06 January 2012

Very beautiful scene, Roxy It must have been quite a sight in its day

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mgtcs

10:47PM | Fri, 06 January 2012

Ohhh...This is a marvelous capture Roxy, beautiful place, gorgeous in full scree!

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vaggabondd

10:57PM | Fri, 06 January 2012

the capture is awesome my friend, but I would really like to know how you can to be there. I think you have had a lot of journeys and I am jealous :)

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brewgirlca

10:58PM | Fri, 06 January 2012

Good point Rayvn! I should have said, "The enforcement of what you could and could not do was controlled by where you stood in relation to Domatian's Gate."

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shingleboot

11:13PM | Fri, 06 January 2012

Really great scene and historical info.

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eekdog Online Now!

11:19PM | Fri, 06 January 2012

what's really interesting is that this much still remains after all this time, wonderful info and pic lil sis. your art is captivating and your photography is breathtaking hon. hugs steve

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odile

12:31AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Again a beautiful and informative picture and narrative! This is so interesting!

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vitachick

3:23AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

The history of the scenes u are posting are so interesting. We should have one of those gates at the Mexican/US border..Oops.

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Blush

3:31AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Great scene and info Hugs Susan~

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nitegrafix

5:48AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Fantastic shot! I'm a fan of history, love the back story

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3dpoetry

6:37AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Brilliant shot

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adrie

7:08AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

An brilliant capture Roxy, we have bin there too...and it's indeed a beautiful view.

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0rest4wicked

8:40AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Would love to eplore this! Presented well with the B&W!

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magnus073

9:27AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

What a simply epic photo this one is Roxie, and thanks do much for providing all the background info

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nefertiabet

11:30AM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Wonderful photo and info, thanks!!!

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bmac62

2:30PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Very inspiring...so much to see. We have lots of travels in our future but none of us can see it all. Like this in B&W...adds to the historic feel.

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RodS

3:15PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

A most spectacular shot, Roxy! One can imagine what this must have been like in its heyday. Still it has that quality of antiquity that is almost indescribable.. Although a different place and a different time, I can almost see Ishtar and Ninshubar walking among the ruins..

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densa

3:44PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

wonderful shot

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drifterlee

9:00PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Awesome shot!

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watapki66

9:54PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Wonderful scene and thanks for the information!

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auntietk

11:06PM | Sat, 07 January 2012

Wonderful image!

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vyktohria

12:01PM | Sun, 08 January 2012

WOW!!! Gorgeous B&W, Hon! And yeah, color photography is great, but MAN! Archaeological sites and ruins (imho) look sooooo much better in B&W! It kinda gives them a sense of timelessness...

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adorety

2:34PM | Sun, 08 January 2012

Great shot and some interesting info especially the 'gate law'. The B&W makes it look like an old archaeological presentation from the 20s. Nice presentation.

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Rhanagaz

7:45AM | Mon, 09 January 2012

Excellent capture, Roxy! It's all about tax! :o)

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Dreamdesigner

10:56AM | Sat, 14 January 2012

I agree to Arthur about your B&W choice so nice:-))And of course all about "Damn" tax,Always!...LOL:-)))))))Again I say Thank you my friend for your great introductions about those precious historical places!:-))))


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