🏛️ Dura-Europos
Hellenistic and Roman frontier settlement in eastern Syria
📌 Fast Facts
- Located on the Euphrates River in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, eastern Syria
- Founded circa 300 BCE by the Seleucid Empire; occupied by Rome from 165 CE
- Destroyed by the Sasanian Persians around 256–257 CE
- UNESCO World Heritage Site; largely inaccessible since 2011 due to Syrian conflict
Dura-Europos was a major Hellenistic settlement and Roman frontier fort positioned on the right bank of the Euphrates ...