🏛️ Attaleia-Termessos
Ancient Lycian mountain city in southwestern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Taurus Mountains near present-day Antalya, Türkiye
- Founded by Attalus II of Pergamon (ruled 159–138 BCE)
- Occupied as a Roman settlement; never fully conquered by Alexander the Great
- Now a partially excavated archaeological site accessible to visitors
Termessos, originally named Attaleia after its Pergamene founder, was an ancient Lycian city situated in the Taurus Mountains ...