🏛️ Mopsouhestia-Issos
Ruins of a Hellenistic and Roman port city in southern Turkey
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Adana Province, southern Türkiye, near the Mediterranean coast
- Founded as a Hellenistic settlement; later became a significant Roman port
- Site of the Battle of Issus (333 BCE) between Alexander the Great and Darius III
- Archaeological remains span from the Hellenistic period through the Byzantine era
Mopsouhestia-Issos is an archaeological site in Cilicia, southeastern Türkiye, preserving remains of an ancient Mediterranean port city. The ...