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''Fountain of the Forum''''Fountain of the Forum''Temple of Augustus, Alexandria TroasTemple of Augustus, Alexandria TroasPodium templeBaths of Herodes Atticus, Alexandria TroasAlexandria (Troas) Eastern NymphaeumAlexandria (Troas) eastern nymphaeum remainsHerodes Atticus BathsHerodes Atticus BathsMonumental tomb?Roman Harbour of Alexandria TroasRoman Harbour of Alexandria TroasSeven Stones. Roman period marble quarry.Roman Bridge

Location:

  • Türkiye, Dalyan
  • geo:39.750629,26.15855
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Period or year:

  • -306 / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Annotations

Alexandria in Troas: town founded by Alexander the Great. http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexandria/alexandria_troas.html. According to Strabo: Both Larisa and Colonae used to be adjacent to the Achaeïum, formerly being on the part of the mainland that belonged to the Tenedians; and then one comes to the present Chrysa, which was founded on a rocky height above the sea, and to Hamaxitus, which lies below Lectum and adjacent to it. At the present time Alexandreia is adjacent to the Achaeïum; and those other towns, like several others of the strongholds, have been incorporated with Alexandreia, among them Cebrene and Neandria; and Alexandreia holds their territory. But the site on which Alexandreia now lies used to be called Sigia. In Roman times, it was a port used for travelling between Anatolia and Europe as we know from Paul of Tarsus. Acts 16:8-11..

 

  1. John Freely,  The Western Shores of Turkey: Discovering the Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts, Tauris Parke Paperbacks 2004, pp.43nn
  2. Strabo, Geography: 13.1.47, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D13%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D47
  3. Gustav Hirschfeld: Alexandreia 16. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band I,1, Stuttgart 1893, Sp. 1396.

Nearby

Alexandria (Troas) ''Fountain of the Forum''

Early 2nd.C.ce. Fountain/Nymphaeum

Temple of Augustus, Alexandria Troas

Early Imperial Podium Temple


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