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Dokimeion

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
38.863, 30.751
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Why it was abandoned

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

History

Docimium, Docimia or Docimeium was an ancient city of Phrygia, Asia Minor where there were famous marble quarries. The exact site of Docimium was a matter of some dispute until recently; it is now fixed at the modern Turkish town İscehisar, in Afyonkarahisar Province.

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