Anazarbus
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- 1371
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.256, 35.900
Why it was abandoned
☢️ Disaster
Detected automatically from the text: Roman emperor Justinian I rebuilt the city in 527 after a strong earthquake hit it.
History
Anazarbus, also known as Justinopolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀναζαρβός / Ἰουστινούπολις, medieval Ain Zarba; modern Anavarza; Arabic: عَيْنُ زَرْبَة), was an ancient Cilician city. Under the late Roman Empire, it was the capital of Cilicia Secunda. Roman emperor Justinian I rebuilt the city in 527 after a strong earthquake hit it. It was destroyed in 1374 by the forces of the Mamluk Empire, after their conquest of Cilician Armenia.