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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 .
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 ...
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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 ...
Plan of Roman Side. Side (formerly Selimiye) is a city on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It includes the modern resort town and the ruins of the ancient city of Side, one of the best-known classical sites in the country. Modern Side is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Manavgat, Antalya Province, Turkey. [1]
Cities of ancient Lycia. Red dots: mountain peaks, white dots: ancient cities. Myra (Ancient Greek: Μύρα, Mýra) was a city in Lycia.The city was probably founded by Lycian on the river Myros (Ancient Greek: Μύρος; Turkish: Demre Çay), in the fertile alluvial plain between, the Massikytos range (Turkish: Alaca Dağ) and the Aegean Sea.
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]
Nicomedia (/ ˌ n ɪ k ə ˈ m iː d i ə /; [1] Greek: Νικομήδεια, Nikomedeia; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey.In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocletian who ruled in the east), a status which the city maintained during the Tetrarchy system (293–324).