History and archaeology / Ancient city
Apameia Kibotos (Kelainai) Ancient City
Dinar, Afyonkarahisar
Apameia, built over the Persian satrapal center of Kelainai, one of the region's largest cities after Ephesus.
Its story
Kelainai was a Phrygian city on the great trade road running east from western Anatolia, near the sources of the Menderes, and was the capital of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia. In the 3rd century BC the Seleucid king Antiochus I refounded the city and named it after his mother Apama, and it came to be known as Apameia Kibotos. In the Roman period it is known to have been one of the largest cities in the region after Ephesus. The stadium and theater can be partly seen; most of the remains lie beneath present-day Dinar.
Key facts
- Period
- Phrygian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman
- Location
- Dinar district center
Trip purpose
- Free
- Quiet
Location
38.07338, 30.17315
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apameia_Kibotos | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apamea_(Phrygia) | https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelainai