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Surroundings:

Severan building / churchLaodicea ad LycumLaodicea Central BathsLaodicea Central Baths PalaestraLaodicea Central Baths PalaestraLaodicea Central BathsTemple A, LaodiceaColonnaded streetWestern theatre 2023Laodicea Western TheaterLaodicea Western TheaterLaodicea ad Lycum, Central churchAtrium & Trajan nymphaeumWest bathsWest bathsNorth theatreNorth Theatre in LaodiceaEast GateBouleuterionLaodicea GymnasiumLaodicea GymnasiumEastern bathsSouthern ThermaeSouthern ThermaeStadiumWater terminal / Nymphaeum? remainsStadium LoadiceaRoman bridge over the Asopos RiverRoman bridge over the Asopos RiverSixth century codex seized in Denizli.

Location:

  • Türkiye, Goncalı
  • geo:37.836624,29.10738
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 215 / unknown

Class:

  • Aqueduct
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=65281

Annotations

The Nymphaeum of Caracalla  in Laodicea on the Lycus, built on the occasion of Emperor Caracalla’s (r. 211-217) visit to the city in 215 and dedicated to him. The building was decorated with reliefs depicting scenes with Heracles and the Abduction of Ganymedes by Zeus.

See:

  1. Celal Şimşek, Büyükkolancı, "Die Aqueduct und das Wasserverteilungssystem von Laodikeia ad Lycum", Cura Aquarum In Ephesos, Vol. 1, 2006, pp. 137-146.
  2. Celal Şimşek, ‎Francesco D’Andria, Landscape and History in the Lykos Valley: Laodikeia and Hierapolis in Phrygia, Cambridge Scholars Publishing  2017

Nearby

Laodikeia Building C

Severan period building, converted to a church

Laodicea ad Lycum

OmnesViae import TPPlace2354. Phrygian Laodicea - Laodicea on the Lycus. Modern Turkish: Laodikeia

Agora, Laodicea ad Lycum

LAODICEA ON THE LYCUS Eskihisar


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