Patara
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.544, 39.648
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: small ancient city in Cappadocia or Lesser Armenia, (Tabula Peutingeriana), later in Pontus
History
Patara was a small ancient city in ancient Cappadocia or Lesser Armenia,, later in Pontus. The city lay on the major trade road from Trapezus on the Black Sea to Satala, and thence to Lake Van.