🏛️ Apamea-Edessa
Remains of a Hellenistic and Roman city in southeastern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey, in the Mesopotamian plains
- Founded in the 4th century BCE under Seleucid rule; renamed and expanded under Roman control
- Known for its grid-planned urban layout and fortifications typical of Hellenistic design
- Partially excavated; extensive unexcavated remains beneath modern agricultural land
Apamea-Edessa was a planned city established in the Hellenistic period and subsequently developed as a strategic Roman settlement ...