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Aphrodisias
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Aphrodisias

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Where in the world

Türkiye

The site

Aphrodisias is a Hellenistic Greek city in the Caria region of western Anatolia, Turkey, named for Aphrodite, the goddess of love who held a unique cult image here. Occupied from roughly 200 BCE to 600 CE, it later took the Byzantine name Stauropolis, the "City of the Cross." Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017, it lies inland near the modern village of Geyre.

Field notes

civilizations
GreekRoman
types
City
occupied
200 BCE — 600 CE
country
Türkiye

Figures of this place

Laid to rest, born or died at Aphrodisias

Alexandros of Aphrodisias✶
Alexandros of Aphrodisiasborn here2nd-3rd century Greek peripatetic philosopher and commentator on Aristotle
C✶
Charitonborn here1st-century AD Greek writer

Monuments & structures

What stands within Aphrodisias

Sebasteion at Aphrodisiasarchaeological site
Sebasteion at Aphrodisias
Tetrapylon of Aphrodisiasportal
Tetrapylon of Aphrodisias

Chronicle

What happened at Aphrodisias

  1. 314 BCEBattle of Aphrodisias

Nearby sites

Hierapolis ~43 km
Hierapolis Türkiye
Sardis ~105 km
Sardis Türkiye
Ephesus ~123 km
Ephesus Türkiye
Miletus ~129 km
Miletus Türkiye
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