🏛️ Pompeiopolis-Sinope
Roman coastal settlement and port on the Black Sea
📌 Fast Facts
- Located on the Black Sea coast near modern Sinop, Türkiye
- Founded in the 1st century BCE as a Roman settlement and port
- Named after Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great)
- Significant archaeological remains from Roman and Byzantine periods
Pompeiopolis-Sinope was a major Roman port settlement established on the Black Sea coast in what is now northern Türkiye. The city developed as a strategic harbour and trading post, serving commerce between the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions. Its ruins contain stratified remains spanning the Roman Imperial period through the Byzantine era, providing evidence of continuous habitation and shifting settlement patterns ...