🏛️ Antioch-Alexandria ad Issum
Ruined Hellenistic and Roman city in southern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near the Pyramus River in Hatay Province, southern Turkey
- Founded as Alexandria ad Issum by Seleucid rulers after 333 BCE
- Renamed Antioch during the Roman period
- Substantial remains of fortifications, gates, and domestic structures visible on-site
Antioch-Alexandria ad Issum is an archaeological site preserving the remains of a Hellenistic settlement established in the wake of Alexander the Great's conquest of Anatolia. Founded by Seleucid successors and later renamed during Roman administration, the city occupied a strategic position controlling the narrow coastal plain where the Pyramus River meets the Mediterranean. The site reveals layered occupation spanning several centuries of the classical and post-classical periods ...