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🏛️ Sebasteia-Melitene

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🏛️ Sebasteia-Melitene
Roman fortress city in central Anatolia


🕐 1 min read · Updated 14 Mar 2026 at 20:07
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  • Located in Sivas Province, central Türkiye
  • Founded as a Hellenistic city; fortified under Roman rule
  • Strategic garrison town on the road between Pontus and Syria
  • Largely unexcavated; remains scattered across modern settlement

Sebasteia-Melitene was an important Roman fortress city situated in central Anatolia along trade and military routes connecting the ...

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