Historical place profile

Seleucia/Claudioseleucia/Seleucia Sidera

Seleucia Sidera was an ancient city in the northern part of Pisidia, Anatolia, founded by Seleucus I Nicator or Antiochus I Soter in order to protect the military road across northern Pisidia.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:639098
Catalogue ID
pleiades:639098
Place type
archaeological-site, settlement
Coordinates
37.899850, 30.617539
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Seleucia Sidera was an ancient city in the northern part of Pisidia, Anatolia, founded by Seleucus I Nicator or Antiochus I Soter in order to protect the military road across northern Pisidia.

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 65 E2 Seleucia/Claudioseleucia/Seleucia Sidera

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Research path

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