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🏛️ Zephyrion-Soloi Pompeiopolis

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🏛️ Zephyrion-Soloi Pompeiopolis
Hellenistic and Roman coastal settlement in Cilicia


🕐 2 min read · Updated 14 Mar 2026 at 18:15
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Mersin Province, southern Türkiye, on the Mediterranean coast
  • Dual settlement: Zephyrion (Hellenistic) and Soloi Pompeiopolis (Roman period)
  • Founded as a Greek colony; reorganized under Pompey the Great in the 1st century BCE
  • Largely unexcavated; archaeological survey work conducted in recent decades

Zephyrion-Soloi Pompeiopolis represents a layered settlement history spanning Hellenistic and Roman periods on the Cilician coast. The site ...

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