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Claudiopolis

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
36.652, 33.442
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Cilicia in modern-day Turkey

History

Claudiopolis also called Ninica and Ninica Claudiopolis, was an ancient city of Cilicia. Ammianus mentions Seleucia and Claudiopolis as cities of Cilicia or of the country drained by the Calycadnus, and Claudiopolis was a colony of Claudius Caesar.

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