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🏛️ Colonia Archelais-Tyana

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🏛️ Colonia Archelais-Tyana
Roman colonial settlement in Cappadocia, central Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 20:31
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located near modern Kemerhisar in Niğde Province, Türkiye
  • Founded as a Roman colonia by the emperor Augustus
  • Occupied from the 1st century BCE through the Byzantine period
  • Situated on a major trade route between the Mediterranean and Central Asia

Colonia Archelais-Tyana was a Roman settlement established in Cappadocia during the reign of Augustus, incorporating the earlier Hellenistic ...

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