Aphrodisias (Cilicia)
Aphrodisias (
Geography
Aphrodisias is situated on
History
The foundation date of the ancient settlement is unknown. But it was a port of
The famous Greek physician Xenocrates was from Aphrodisias.
The ruins
There are ruins of a necropolis, a cistern, city walls and floor mosaics of a 4th-century church named St.Panteleon (The church was a temple prior to Christianity).[3] In 1987, Ludwig Budde from Germany published his book St.Pantaleon von Aphrodisias in Kılikien about the church. But most of the mosaics are not unearthed yet.[4]
References
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ History page (in Turkish) Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-0-8028-9016-0.)
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aphrodisias". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
36°09′29″N 33°41′09″E / 36.157963°N 33.685873°E
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