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  2. Category:Roman towns and cities in Turkey - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Roman towns and cities in Turkey" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 573 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  3. List of cities founded by the Romans - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans. It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global ...

  4. Zeugma (Commagene) - Wikipedia

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    In 64 BC, the Roman Republic gained control of the city. Zeugma was of great importance to the Roman Empire as it was located at a strategically important place. Up to 70,000 people lived in the city, and it became a center for the military and commerce for the ancient Romans. [2] In 253 AD, it was destroyed by the Sassanids, but was later ...

  5. Ephesus - Wikipedia

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    The city came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC. The city was famous in its day for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), which has been designated one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. [7] Its many monumental buildings included the Library of Celsus and a theatre capable of holding 24,000 spectators. [8]

  6. Troy - Wikipedia

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    However, the city remained in financial distress for several decades despite its favoured status with Rome. In the 80s BC, Roman publicani illegally levied taxes on the sacred estates of Athena Ilias, and the city was required to call on L. Julius Caesar for restitution; while in 80 BC, the city suffered an attack by pirates. [90]

  7. Category:Roman sites in Turkey - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 5 September 2024, at 21:59 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. Aspendos - Wikipedia

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    The wide range of its coinage throughout the ancient world indicates that, in the 5th century BC, Aspendos had become the most important city in Pamphylia. At that time, according to Thucydides, the Eurymedon River was navigable as far as Aspendos, [2] and the city derived great wealth from a trade in salt, oil and wool.

  9. Tarsus, Mersin - Wikipedia

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    Tarsus was the city where, according to the Acts of the Apostles, Saul of Tarsus [11] was born, although he was brought up in Jerusalem. [12] He was a Roman citizen (Acts 21:39; Acts 22:25–29) "of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city". [13]