🏛️ Tarsus-Podandos
Roman-era city remains in Cilicia, southern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near modern Tarsus in Mersin Province, Türkiye
- Ancient Cilician city with continuous settlement from Hellenistic through Byzantine periods
- Name "Podandos" derives from Luwian linguistic roots
- Archaeological site remains largely unexcavated; accessible but undeveloped for tourism
Tarsus-Podandos represents a stratified archaeological site preserving remains of an ancient Cilician settlement that flourished under Greek, Roman, and Byzantine rule. The site lies in the Cilician plain of southern Anatolia, a region historically significant as a crossroads between Mediterranean and Anatolian trade routes. Material evidence spans from the Hellenistic period through the late Byzantine era, reflecting successive phases of occupation and administrative control ...