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🏛️ Colonia Comama-Laodicea ad Lycum

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🏛️ Colonia Comama-Laodicea ad Lycum
Roman colonial settlement in western Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 20:20
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Denizli Province, southwestern Türkiye
  • Established as a Roman colonia in the 1st century CE
  • Situated on the Lycus River valley, a significant agricultural region
  • Archaeological remains include civic infrastructure and residential structures

Colonia Comama-Laodicea ad Lycum was a Roman colonial settlement founded in Lydia during the early Imperial period. The site occupied the fertile Lycus River valley in what is now western Anatolia. As a colonia, it held the status of a Roman citizen settlement and served administrative and economic functions in the region ...

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