In ancient geography,
Pamphylia was the region in the south of
Asia Minor, between
Lycia and
Cilicia, extending from the
Mediterranean to
Mount Taurus (modern-day
Antalya province,
Turkey). It was bounded on the north by
Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line of only about 120 km (75 miles) with a breadth of about 50 km (30 miles). Under the Roman administration the term Pamphylia was extended so as to include Pisidia and the whole tract up to the frontiers of
Phrygia and
Lycaonia, and in this wider sense it is employed by
Ptolemy.