Editing Side, Turkey (section)

===Romans===

[[Image:Main Street in Side.jpg|thumb|250px|The main street is lined with the ruins of homes or shops, many of which feature their original [[mosaic]] flooring]]
[[File:Sidef 052.jpg|thumb|Hospital dating to the 6th century.]]

The consul [[Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (consul 79 BCE)|Servilius Vatia]] defeated these brigands in 78 BC and later the Roman general [[Pompey]] in 67 BC, bringing Side under the control of Rome and beginning its second period of ascendancy, when it established and maintained a good working relationship with the Roman Empire.<ref name="turk">{{cite web
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Emperor [[Augustus]] reformed the state administration and placed Pamphylia and Side in the Roman province of [[Galatia]] in 25 BC, after the short reign of [[Amyntas of Galatia]] between 36 and 25 BC. Side began another prosperous period as a commercial centre in [[Asia Minor]] through its trade in olive oil.  Its population grew to 60,000 inhabitants. This period would last well into the 3rd century AD. Side also established itself as a slave-trading centre in the [[Mediterranean]].  Its large commercial fleet engaged in acts of piracy, while wealthy merchants paid for such tributes as public works, monuments, and competitions as well as the games and gladiator fights. Most of the extant ruins at Side date from this period of prosperity.

Side was the home of [[Eustathius of Antioch]], of the philosopher [[Troilus (philosopher)|Troilus]], of the fifth-century ecclesiastical writer Philip; of the famous lawyer [[Tribonian]].<ref name="ce">''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]], 1907-1912, ''s.v.'' 'Sidon'</ref>