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36 II. LAODICEIA ; THE GRAECO-ROMAN CITY.
The Eleinos is probably the river that flows by Urumlu parallel
to the Kapros (see p. 36). The name is doubtless the same as Selinos,
at Ephesos and in Elis (Xenophon Anab. V 3, 8).
The Asopos washed the walls of Laodiceia; and it may confidently
be identified as the stream which flows past the Ephesian Gates, and
is now called Gumush-Tchai. The Kadmos was recognized both by
Arundel and by Hamilton. It is now called Geuk-Bunar-Su. It is
a rapid stream with a considerable body of water, draining both the
Denizli district and also a deep gorge between M. Salbakos and
M. Kadmos. The latter branch is now known as Tchukur-Tchai, from
a village Tchukur-Keui on its upper waters. A duclen (KarafioOpov) on
its course has been well described by A. H. Smith (JHS 1887 p. 224).
The name of the small water-course near the Syrian Gate is unknown.
The natural boundaries of Laodicean territory on the south and
south-east are fixed by the lofty M. Salbakos and M. Kadmos. The
small valley drained by the river Kadmos probably also belonged to
it. The eastern boundary was probably the step that divides the
lower from the upper Lycos valley.
The territory of Laodiceia seems to have been divided into Xwpot,
of which the following are known :
1. Elelnokappja, mentioned Laser. 14, where a fine is made pay-
able to the Khoros, probably derived its name from the fact that two
rivers, Eleinos and Kapros, flowed through or by it. In that case it
must have been the north-western part of the territory, including the
district between the Kapros, which flows past Gereli and Serai-Keui,
and the river Urumlu, which may be identified as the Eleinos. The
name Eleinokapria probably occurs in an inscription of Eriza, no. 66.
From inscr. 14 we learn that the Khoros had a corporate existence,
and fines were payable to it. Probably the old Anatolian village-
system, which existed till the Seleucid city was founded, left this
trace of its presence. The population were indeed merged in the city,
and all freemen, even though living in a village, were citizens of
Laodiceia, and were legally designated according to their city and
their tribe; but the khoros still retained a name and a certain indi-
viduality. Possibly it retained its existence as possessing a certain
amount of land, which was the communal property of the villagers.
Originally Asia Minor in general was organized on the village-system :
a number of villages, each owning its own land, occupied the country
round the central hieron, obeying the directions issued by the god
through his priests. Parts of the territory were the actual property
of the god, and the villages on these parts were inhabited by hlero-
clouloi. Other parts were occupied by free villagers. But all listened
The Eleinos is probably the river that flows by Urumlu parallel
to the Kapros (see p. 36). The name is doubtless the same as Selinos,
at Ephesos and in Elis (Xenophon Anab. V 3, 8).
The Asopos washed the walls of Laodiceia; and it may confidently
be identified as the stream which flows past the Ephesian Gates, and
is now called Gumush-Tchai. The Kadmos was recognized both by
Arundel and by Hamilton. It is now called Geuk-Bunar-Su. It is
a rapid stream with a considerable body of water, draining both the
Denizli district and also a deep gorge between M. Salbakos and
M. Kadmos. The latter branch is now known as Tchukur-Tchai, from
a village Tchukur-Keui on its upper waters. A duclen (KarafioOpov) on
its course has been well described by A. H. Smith (JHS 1887 p. 224).
The name of the small water-course near the Syrian Gate is unknown.
The natural boundaries of Laodicean territory on the south and
south-east are fixed by the lofty M. Salbakos and M. Kadmos. The
small valley drained by the river Kadmos probably also belonged to
it. The eastern boundary was probably the step that divides the
lower from the upper Lycos valley.
The territory of Laodiceia seems to have been divided into Xwpot,
of which the following are known :
1. Elelnokappja, mentioned Laser. 14, where a fine is made pay-
able to the Khoros, probably derived its name from the fact that two
rivers, Eleinos and Kapros, flowed through or by it. In that case it
must have been the north-western part of the territory, including the
district between the Kapros, which flows past Gereli and Serai-Keui,
and the river Urumlu, which may be identified as the Eleinos. The
name Eleinokapria probably occurs in an inscription of Eriza, no. 66.
From inscr. 14 we learn that the Khoros had a corporate existence,
and fines were payable to it. Probably the old Anatolian village-
system, which existed till the Seleucid city was founded, left this
trace of its presence. The population were indeed merged in the city,
and all freemen, even though living in a village, were citizens of
Laodiceia, and were legally designated according to their city and
their tribe; but the khoros still retained a name and a certain indi-
viduality. Possibly it retained its existence as possessing a certain
amount of land, which was the communal property of the villagers.
Originally Asia Minor in general was organized on the village-system :
a number of villages, each owning its own land, occupied the country
round the central hieron, obeying the directions issued by the god
through his priests. Parts of the territory were the actual property
of the god, and the villages on these parts were inhabited by hlero-
clouloi. Other parts were occupied by free villagers. But all listened