Anazarbos/Caesarea/Ioustin(ian)oupolis

settlement · 330 BC – 1599 AD

Anazarbos or Anazarbus was an ancient city of Cilicia; its extensive multi-period archaeological remains are located adjacent to the modern village of Dilekkaya in the Kozan district of Turkey's Adana province. Anazarbos became the capital of Cilicia Secunda in the later Roman empire. The city was rebuilt in 527 following an earthquake and destroyed by Mamluk forces in 1374.

Coordinates

37.25602, 35.89845

Also known as

Agrippias, Anarzaba, Anavarza, Anawarza, Anazarba, Anazarbo (la), Anazarbo (la), Anazarbos, Anazarbus, Anazarvas, Anazarvos, Caesarea, Caesarea ad Anazarbum, Diokesaria, Hustinianupolis, Hustinupolis, Ioustinianoupolis, Ioustinoupolis, Ioustinoupolis, ʿAynzerbā (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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