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Tavium (Taouion, Tauion) or Tavia, a town in the central part of eastern
Galatia, at some distance from the eastern bank of the river Halys, was the chief
town of the Galatian tribe of the Trocmi, and a place of considerable commercial
importance, being the point at which five or six of the great roads met. (Plin.
v. 42; Strab. xii. p. 567; Ptol. v. 4. § 9; Steph. B. s. v. Ankura; Hierocl. p.
696; It. Ant. pp. 201, 203.) It contained a temple with a colossal bronze statue
of Zeus. Leake (Asia Minor, p. 311) is strongly inclined to believe that Tshorum
occupies the site of ancient Tavium; but Hamilton (Researches, i. p. 379, &c.)
and most other geographers, with much more probability, regard the ruins of Boghaz
Kieui, 6 leagues to the north-west of Jazgat or Juzghat, as the remains of Tavium.
They are situated on the slope of lofty and steep rocks of limestone, some of
which are adorned with sculptures in relief. There are also the foundations of
an immense building, which are believed to be remains of the temple of Zeus. (Comp.
Hamilton in the Journal of the Roy. Geogr. Soc. vol. vii. p. 74, fell.; Cramer,
Asia Minor, ii. p. 98.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited September 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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