🏛️ Colonia Comama-Apollonia
Roman colonial settlement in southwestern Turkey
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- Located in Burdur Province, Turkey, near the Lycian region
- Established as a Roman colonial city during the imperial period
- Named after the merger of two earlier settlements: Comama and Apollonia
- Remains largely unexcavated; accessible primarily to academic researchers
Colonia Comama-Apollonia is a Roman colonial site situated in southwestern Turkey's interior plateau, representing the consolidation of two distinct Hellenistic settlements under Roman administration. The site combines evidence of Greek-period urbanism with later Roman colonial expansion, documenting the administrative reorganization of Asia Minor following Rome's conquest of the region. Archaeological remains include scattered structural foundations, ceramics, and inscriptional evidence ...