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🏛️ Castabala-Nicopolis

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🏛️ Castabala-Nicopolis
Ruined Roman city in southern Cilicia, Türkiye


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 17:31
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Adana Province, southern Türkiye, near the Ceyhan River
  • Founded as a Hellenistic settlement; expanded under Roman rule from the 1st century CE
  • Named Nicopolis by local ruler Archelaus I; later known as Castabala
  • Remains largely unexcavated; accessible but undeveloped as a archaeological site

Castabala-Nicopolis is a fragmentary archaeological site in the Cilician plain of southern Türkiye, representing the merged remains of ...

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