🏛️ Issos-Epiphania
Hellenistic and Roman settlement in southern Türkiye
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Hatay Province, southern Türkiye, near the Syrian border
- Hellenistic city later developed under Roman rule
- Situated in the Cilician plain, historically significant for Mediterranean trade routes
- Limited excavation; remains accessible but not extensively developed for tourism
Issos-Epiphania was a Hellenistic settlement in southern Anatolia that continued as a Roman-era city. The site lies in the Cilician plain near Iskenderun, in what is now Hatay Province in Türkiye. It occupied a strategic position along ancient trade routes connecting the Mediterranean coast with inland Anatolia, though it never achieved the prominence of major regional centers ...