🏛️ Antioch-Alexandria ad Issum
Hellenistic-Roman city ruins in southern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Hatay Province, southern Türkiye, near the Issos Plain
- Founded in the 3rd century BCE as a Seleucid settlement
- Named after both Antioch and Alexandria, reflecting dual heritage
- Remains largely unexcavated; visible as surface archaeology and scattered ruins
Antioch-Alexandria ad Issum was a Hellenistic city established in the aftermath of Alexander the Great's campaigns and the subsequent fragmentation of his empire. The site sits near the ancient plain of Issos in what is now Hatay Province, Türkiye, a region of significant historical importance during the Classical and Roman periods. The city represents the cultural and administrative layering characteristic of the eastern Mediterranean under Seleucid and later Roman rule ...