🏛️ Antiochia in Pisidia
Roman colonial city in central Anatolia, now archaeological ruins near Yalvaç, Türkiye
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- Founded 300 BCE as Antiochia by Seleucus I; refounded as Roman colony by Augustus around 25 BCE
- Located in Pisidia region of central Anatolia, near modern Yalvaç, Isparta Province
- Significant early Christian centre; visited by Apostle Paul according to Acts 13:14–52
- Remains include theatre, agora, aqueduct, temple of Augustus and Tyche, and later Byzantine basilica
Antiochia in Pisidia was a major Roman urban centre in central Anatolia and one of the earliest Christianised ...