Period

Hellenistic Period

323 BCE – 30 BCE

Ancient cities

Limyra

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Limyra

Limyra, Zemuri

Limyra built an empty tomb for Gaius Caesar, adopted son of Augustus; it is also known for King Perikle's monumental tomb, over 400 rock tombs and its acropolis under Mount Toçak.

Magnesia on the Maeander

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Magnesia on the Maeander

Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Magnesia epi Maiandro, Magnesia hē Asianē, Leukophrys, Tekke, Tekin

Magnesia on the Maeander is a Hellenistic city beside the Gümüşçay in Germencik, Aydın, famed for Hermogenes' Temple of Artemis Leukophryene, its agora and stadium.

Metropolis

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Metropolis

Metropolis

Metropolis is an Ionian city at Torbalı beneath Mount Gallesion, known for its theatre, bouleuterion, stoa, Peristyle House and Lower Bath-Palaestra.

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Midas Yazılıkaya

Midas City, Yazılıkaya

Midas Yazılıkaya, in Han district of Eskişehir, was the religious heart of Highland Phrygia, famed for rock-cut facades, altars and the Midas Monument.

Didyma (Temple of Apollo)

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Miletus

Miletos, Millawanda, Milawanda, Palatia, Balat

Mother city of more than 80 colonies, capital of Ionia and home of Thales, Miletus now lies on a silted plain with its Lion Harbour, theatre and the Sacred Way to Didyma.

Mount Nemrut Archaeological Site UNESCO

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Mount Nemrut Archaeological Site

On a 2,150 m summit in Adıyaman, King Antiochos I of Commagene built a huge tumulus ringed by terraces of seated colossal gods whose heads now lie on the ground.

Myra

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Myra

Myra, Muri

Myra, in Antalya's Demre district, was a great Lycian League city and later the see of St Nicholas; relief-carved rock tombs flank its Roman theatre.

Nysa

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Nysa

Nysa, Athymbra

A Carian city split by a deep gorge in Sultanhisar: the place where Strabo studied, a two-storey Roman library, a theatre for 10,000, a U-shaped stadium and bridges across the valley.

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Olympos

Olympus, Olympos, Hadrianopolis

Olympos, near Kumluca in Antalya, was one of the three-vote cities of the Lycian League, known for its pirate past, Byzantine churches and the eternal flames of Yanartaş.

Patara

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Patara

Patara, Arsinoe, Patar, Pttara

Patara, capital of the Lycian League and birthplace of St Nicholas, stands at Gelemiş beside an 18 km beach, with a Roman arch, theatre, Nero Bath, lighthouse and granary.

Pergamon (Bergama) UNESCO

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Pergamon (Bergama)

Pergamon, Pergamum

Pergamon's steep 10,000-seat theatre and 200,000-volume library crowned Kale Hill above the Bakırçay plain, the capital of the Attalid kings and now a World Heritage Site.

Perge

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Perge

Perge, Parha

Two Hellenistic towers from the 3rd century BCE greet visitors to Perge. This Pamphylian city near Aksu is known for its colonnaded street, theatre and stadium.