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Ancient ports tagged “cilicia”

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Soli-Pompeiopolis

Archaic to Medieval (c.700 BCE–1100 CE) · Rhodian → Persian → Hellenistic → Roman Cilician

Cilician harbour city with 1 km Corinthian colonnade and vast man-made basin re-founded by Pompey.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Elaiussa Sebaste

Hellenistic to Byzantine (c.200 BCE–700 CE) · Cappadocian royal → Roman client kingdom

Augustan island-promontory city at Ayaş with hillside theatre, harbour islet and Achilles agora mosaics.