a district of Asia Minor, originally included within Pamphylia or Phrygia, was constituted a separate province in the division of the Roman empire under Constantine the Great. It was bounded on the N. by Phrygia, on the W. by Phrygia and Lycia, on the S. by Pamphylia, and on the E. by Cilicia and Isauria. The physical character of the country was wild and variegated. Offshoots from Mount Taurus extended themselves in all directions; a rich fertile valley occasionally intervened; and a chain of lakes inclosed the landscape. The habits of the inhabitants were in accordance with their mountain home. Under their original name of Solymi, they lived a lawless, free-booting life, spurning the advance of civilization, and daring any invader to follow them into their rugged fastnesses. Rome conquered them only to find that their spirit of independence was not broken. They would not brook the establishment of a single garrison or colony. It was only their towns that paid tribute. They carried their invincible disposition down to modern times; and under the appellation of Karaimans they still continue to be wild, rapacious, and suspicious of strangers.

The principal towns of Pisidia were Selge, Crema, Sagalassus and Termessus.