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🏛️ Physkos-Stratonikeia

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🏛️ Physkos-Stratonikeia
Hellenistic and Roman ruins in southwestern Turkey


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 03:57
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey, near the Aegean coast
  • Founded as Physkos in the Hellenistic period; renamed Stratonikeia under Roman rule
  • Remains include temples, a theater, residential structures, and fortification walls
  • Accessible via Muğla; nearest significant settlement is Milas

Physkos-Stratonikeia represents a transition from Hellenistic to Roman settlement patterns in Caria, a historical region of southwestern Asia ...

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