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🏛️ Castabala-Anazarbos

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🏛️ Castabala-Anazarbos
Ruins of a Hellenistic-Roman city in Cilicia, southern Turkey


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 17:35
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  • Located in Adana Province, southern Turkey, near the Ceyhan River
  • Occupied from Hellenistic period (3rd century BCE) through Byzantine era
  • Major Roman city under the Seleucids and later Roman Empire
  • Site remains largely unexcavated; accessible but without formal facilities

Castabala, known in antiquity as Anazarbos, was a significant urban center in ancient Cilicia situated along trade routes ...

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