🏛️ Iconium-Ankyra
Ancient Roman city ruins in central Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in modern Ankara, Türkiye at 38.307777°N, 32.868609°E
- Founded as Phrygian settlement; became Roman provincial capital under Augustus
- Known as Ancyra in Roman sources; Iconium refers to earlier Phrygian period
- Partially preserved ruins visible in Ankara's city centre and museum collections
Iconium-Ankyra represents the layered urban history of Anatolia, encompassing Phrygian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. The site lies beneath and within modern Ankara, the capital of Türkiye, making archaeological study challenging but significant. The Roman settlement achieved prominence as the capital of the province of Galatia from the 1st century CE onward ...