🏛️ Apameia Kelainai-Synnada
Roman city ruins in central Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Dinar, Afyonkarahisar Province, western Anatolia
- Period: Hellenistic foundation (3rd century BCE), major Roman expansion (1st–3rd centuries CE)
- Status: Open-air archaeological site with scattered remains
- Access: Limited facilities; no admission charge reported
Apameia Kelainai-Synnada was a substantial Roman city positioned on a caravan route in central Anatolia, modern-day Turkey. Founded as a Hellenistic settlement and renamed multiple times—including Kelainai and later Synnada—it flourished as an administrative and commercial hub during the Roman Imperial period. The site today consists of dispersed ruins scattered across agricultural land near the village of Sandıklı ...