🏛️ Dorylaion-Meiros
Remains of a Roman military outpost in central Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Eskişehir in central Türkiye, approximately 240 km west of Ankara
- Roman military settlement established along the route connecting the Mediterranean to the eastern frontier
- Named Dorylaion in classical sources; Meiros refers to the broader regional designation
- Site remains largely unexcavated with minimal visible structures above ground
Dorylaion-Meiros was a Roman settlement in Phrygia, a region of central Anatolia, serving as a waystation and military post on routes connecting imperial territories. The site has limited archaeological visibility compared to major Roman urban centers, with most remains subsurface or fragmentary. Its strategic location along communication networks made it significant during the imperial period, though written documentation is sparse compared to larger provincial cities ...