🏛️ Laodicea ad Mare
Ancient port city of the Seleucid and Roman Levant, now in southern Turkey
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Hatay Province, southern Turkey, near the Syrian border
- Founded circa 300 BCE by Seleucus I Nicator as a major Mediterranean port
- Also known as Latakia; site contains substantial Hellenistic and Roman remains
- Partially submerged and threatened by coastal erosion and industrial development
Laodicea ad Mare was one of the principal ports of the Seleucid Empire and remained strategically significant under ...