Yurtbaşı/Melik Şerif

fort · 2000 AD – 2099 AD

A modern village in the Refahiye region of Turkey's Erzincan province where remains of ancient roads and routes converge and where a Roman milestone has been found. In Roman times, it was likely a walled town or fort, garrisoned at some point by the cohors I Lepidiana. Scholarly opinions differ as to its possible names in antiquity.

Coordinates

39.91864, 38.92393

Also known as

Melik Şerif (tr), Melik Şerif (tr), Melikşerif (tr), Melikşerif (tr), Yurtbaşı (tr), Yurtbaşı (tr)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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