🏛️ Kotiaion-Hadriania
Ruins of a Roman city in northwestern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Kütahya Province, Türkiye, near the town of Gediz
- Established or renamed during Emperor Hadrian's reign (117–138 CE)
- Situated at coordinates 39.537079°N, 29.485269°E
- Remains largely unexcavated and scattered across rural landscape
Kotiaion-Hadriania was a Roman settlement in Phrygia, in what is now northwestern Anatolia. The site occupies a strategic position in the interior highlands of Asia Minor. Ancient sources and inscriptional evidence suggest the city was either founded or significantly developed during the 2nd century CE, possibly under the patronage or administrative reforms of Emperor Hadrian, from whom it derived its secondary name. The ruins remain largely undisturbed by systematic archaeology ...