Historical place profile
Stratonikeia
An ancient city in Caria founded by Antiochus I Soter, according to Strabo. The city had several phases, including a period of Rhodian influence, before coming under the umbrella of Roman administration. The city was elaborately embellished with monumental programs of public art and architecture.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:599947
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:599947
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.313710, 28.061849
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient city in Caria founded by Antiochus I Soter, according to Strabo. The city had several phases, including a period of Rhodian influence, before coming under the umbrella of Roman administration. The city was elaborately embellished with monumental programs of public art and architecture.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 G3 Stratonikeia
Source and reuse
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Research path
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