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🏛️ Neocaesarea-Neoclaudipolis

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🏛️ Neocaesarea-Neoclaudipolis
Ruined Roman city in the Black Sea region of northern Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 11:30
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  • Located in Giresun Province, northern Türkiye, near the Black Sea coast
  • Founded as Neocaesarea in the 1st century CE, renamed Neoclaudipolis under Roman rule
  • Served as a major commercial and administrative center in the Roman province of Pontus Polemoniacus
  • Site contains scattered ruins of Roman walls, buildings, and pottery fragments visible on the surface

Neocaesarea-Neoclaudipolis was an important Roman city established in northern Anatolia during the early imperial period. The site lies ...

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