🏛️ Comana Pontica-Nicopolis
Ruins of a Roman city in north-central Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Tokat Province, north-central Türkiye, near the Yeşilırmak River
- Dual-name site: Comana Pontica (Hellenistic temple city) and Nicopolis (Roman military settlement)
- Founded as a temple sanctuary; reorganized under Roman rule following Pompey's Mithridatic Wars (66–63 BCE)
- Largely unexcavated; remains scattered across agricultural land
Comana Pontica-Nicopolis represents a layered settlement spanning Hellenistic and Roman periods in the Pontic region. The site began as a religious center devoted to the goddess Ma (later syncretized with Enyo), then transitioned to a Roman military and administrative settlement after Pompey's conquest of the kingdom of Pontus. Archaeological remains are modest and dispersed, reflecting centuries of occupation and later neglect ...