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Surroundings:

Corinthian Capital, AphrodisiasStadium in Aphrodisias, Ancient CariaTetrastoonAphrodisias TheaterAphrodisias TheaterAphrodisias TheaterTheatre AphrodisiasAphrodisias TheaterTheatre AphrodisiasAphrodisias TheaterSouth AgoraSouth AgoraSouth Agora GameSouth Agora SteleAphrodisias Urban ParkTetrapylon - AphrodisiasTetrapylon - AphrodisiasTetrapylon - AphrodisiasTetrapylonTetrapylonAphrodisias OdeonAltarTemple of AphroditeTemple of AphroditeAphrodite Temple - ChurchTemple of AphroditeBishops palaceThe cult statue of goddess  AphroditeHadrianic BathsHadrianic Baths, Frigidarium

Location:

  • Türkiye, Geyre
  • geo:37.70853,28.725945
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • 30?~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=18175

Annotations

The Sebasteion is a  temenos of theoi Sebastoi - divine emperors of the Julio-Claudian period (27BC - 68AD). It was dedicated to the emperor Tiberius during his reign (AD14 - AD37).

Sources:

  1. Aphrodisias Excavations Project  https://aphrodisias-excavations.com/sebasteion/
  2. Joanna Kemp, Movement, the Senses and Representations of the Roman World: Experiencing the Sebasteion in Aphrodisias, Exchanges: the Warwick Research Journal, Vol 3, No 2 (2016), pp. 157-184 

Nearby

Cryptoporticus House, Aphrodisias in Caria

Carian Aphrodisas - private house.

Geyre (Aphrodisias)

Nineuda?- Aphrodisias - Stauropolis. 10,000 - 15,000 inhabitants in its heyday. The city walls were built c. 360ce.


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