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🏛️ Colonia Comama-Apollonia

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🏛️ Colonia Comama-Apollonia
Roman colonial settlement in southwestern Anatolia


🕐 1 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 20:25
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Denizli Province, southwestern Türkiye, near the town of Çal
  • Founded as a Roman colonia during the imperial period, likely 1st–2nd century CE
  • Situated in the fertile Meander River valley region of ancient Caria
  • Remains largely unexcavated; archaeological survey work ongoing

Colonia Comama-Apollonia was a Roman colonial settlement established in the Meander valley region of southwestern Anatolia. The dual nomenclature reflects its origins as a merged or refounded settlement combining local Anatolian traditions with Roman administrative structures. Limited archaeological investigation has been conducted on the site, which preserves scattered structural remains and ceramic evidence from the Roman period ...

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