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🏛️ Tavium-Zela

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🏛️ Tavium-Zela
Ancient Pontic and Roman settlement in central Anatolia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 22:50
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located near Zile in Tokat Province, north-central Türkiye
  • Major Pontic Kingdom administrative center under Mithridates VI
  • Site of Julius Caesar's rapid victory in 47 BCE (immortalized by "Veni, vidi, vici")
  • Extensive Roman settlement remains including fortifications and domestic structures

Tavium-Zela comprises the archaeological remains of an important ancient city that served successively as a Pontic and Roman ...

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