L’Agorà centrale di Hierapolis di Frigia

The paper presents the results of recent research conducted on the Central Agora of Hierapolis in Phrygia (Turkey), one of the lesser known monuments of the city due to its state of conservation. With the aim of achieving the reconstruction of plan and elevation of the early-imperial square and the definition of its transformations, a systematic examination of the structures and architectural materials preserved inside the Pamukkale Termal lake was performed. The archaeological analysis was integrated by the examination of the archive documentation and the results of geophysical surveys. The research has allowed us to elaborate a hypothesis of reconstruction of the monument that is discussed in relation to the configuration of the agorai of the Microasiatic urban centres during the first imperial age.