Augusta
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.245, 35.344
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Cilicia in modern-day Turkey
History
Augusta was a town in the interior of ancient Cilicia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. It was founded in 20 AD and named after Livia, the widow of the Emperor Augustus. Ptolemy places this town in a district named Bryelice. The town also bore the name Augustopolis, and possibly Thebae.