🏛️ Antioch-Alexandria ad Issum
Ruins of a Hellenistic and Roman city in southern Turkey
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near the Issos plain in Hatay Province, Turkey, close to the Syrian border
- Founded by Seleucus I Nicator after 300 BCE; later refounded as Alexandria ad Issum by the Seleucids
- Site of the Battle of Issos (333 BCE), where Alexander the Great defeated Darius III
- Excavations have revealed Hellenistic and Roman period structures, mosaics, and pottery
Antioch-Alexandria ad Issum stands as an archaeological site preserving remnants of Hellenistic and Roman settlement on the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Turkey. The city was established following Alexander the Great's conquest and later refounded under Seleucid rule. The nearby Issos plain gained historical prominence as the battlefield where Alexander decisively defeated the Persian King Darius III in 333 BCE, marking a turning point in the Macedonian conquest of Asia Minor and the Near ...