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🏛️ Doliche-Samosata

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye Asia

🏛️ Doliche-Samosata
Roman military settlement in southeastern Anatolia


🕐 1 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 16:15
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Gaziantep Province, southeastern Türkiye, near the Syrian border
  • Strategic Roman outpost controlling the Euphrates crossing and caravan routes
  • Occupied primarily during the 1st–3rd centuries CE
  • Site comprises fort remains, civilian settlement structures, and pottery scatter

Doliche-Samosata was a fortified Roman settlement positioned at a critical junction of trade and military routes in the ...

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