🏛️ Soloi Pompeiopolis–Elaiussa Sebaste
Merged Greco-Roman port cities on the Cilician coast
📌 Fast Facts
- Located on the Mediterranean coast of Cilicia, southern Türkiye, near the town of Mersin
- Two distinct ancient settlements that developed alongside one another: Soloi (Hellenistic) and Pompeiopolis (Roman expansion), merged into a single urban complex
- Harbour city with substantial Roman infrastructure including warehouses, baths, and administrative buildings
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 2000) as part of the Cilician archaeological complex
Soloi Pompeiopolis–Elaiussa Sebaste represents two historically significant Mediterranean port cities that coexisted and eventually merged into a single ...