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🏛️ Pompeiopolis-Sinope

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🏛️ Pompeiopolis-Sinope
Roman coastal settlement and port on the Black Sea


🕐 1 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 07:30
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located on the Black Sea coast near modern Sinop, Türkiye
  • Founded in the 1st century BCE as a Roman settlement and port
  • Named after Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great)
  • Significant archaeological remains from Roman and Byzantine periods

Pompeiopolis-Sinope was a major Roman port settlement established on the Black Sea coast in what is now northern ...

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