🏛️ Laodicea ad Mare-Seleucia Pieria
Hellenistic and Roman port city ruins in southern Turkey
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Hatay Province, southern Turkey, near the Syrian border
- Founded by Seleucus I Nicator circa 300 BCE as a Hellenistic port
- Major Levantine trade hub during the Seleucid and Roman periods
- Partially submerged due to silting of the Orontes River estuary
Laodicea ad Mare, also known as Seleucia Pieria, was one of the principal ports of the Seleucid Empire and later the Roman Levantine coast. Founded in the early Hellenistic period, the city served as a commercial gateway connecting the Mediterranean to inland Syria and Mesopotamia. The site lies approximately 25 kilometers north of the modern city of Latakia, along Turkey's Mediterranean littoral, where archaeological remains are scattered across partially cultivated terrain and partially ...