🏛️ Soloi Pompeiopolis-Elaiussa Sebaste
Dual Greco-Roman port cities on the Cilician coast
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Mersin Province, southern Türkiye (ancient Cilicia)
- Founded: Soloi in the 7th century BCE; Pompeiopolis and Elaiussa Sebaste in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
- Status: Archaeological site with ruins accessible to visitors
- UNESCO: Part of the tentative list for Cilicia's archaeological sites
Soloi Pompeiopolis-Elaiussa Sebaste represents the archaeological remains of two overlapping Greco-Roman harbor settlements on the Mediterranean coast of ancient Cilicia, now in southern Türkiye. The site comprises ruins spanning from the Archaic period through the Byzantine era, with substantial Roman-period structures and harbor installations. The combined archaeological landscape reveals changing patterns of maritime trade, urban planning, and cultural integration across Hellenistic and ...