Selinus in Cilicia

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Roman city ancient Greek city ancient city

Selinus in Cilicia was an ancient coastal city in Roman Cilicia, in southern Asia Minor, later renamed Trajanopolis in honor of the emperor Trajan who died there.

Aliases (2)

Trajanopolis ×3
Soli in Cilicia ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman city → ancient Greek city → ancient city → ancient city →
associatedWith	Trajan →
coastalCity	true →
country	Roman Empire →
deathPlaceOf	Trajan →
ecclesiasticalStatus	titular see →
formerName	Selinus in Cilicia →
hasAlternativeName	Selinous → Traianopolis →
hasArchaeologicalSite	ruins of Selinus →
hasFeature	Roman baths → acropolis → aqueduct → city walls → harbor → necropolis → theater →
hasLaterName	Trajanopolis →
hasType	port city →
historicalProvince	Cilicia →
honors	Trajan →
languageOfName	Greek →
locatedIn	Anatolia → Asia Minor → Cilicia → Cilicia → southern Asia Minor →
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea → southern coast of Asia Minor →
mentionedIn	Roman historical sources → ancient Greek sources →
namedAfter	Trajan →
nearModernSettlement	Gazipaşa →
partOf	Roman Cilicia →
presentCountry	Turkey →
presentProvince	Antalya Province →
presentRegion	southern Turkey →
regionType	Cilicia Trachea →
religiousStatus	former bishopric →
renamedAs	Trajanopolis →
significantEvent	death of emperor Trajan →
timePeriod	Classical antiquity → Hellenistic period → Roman period →
underRuleOf	Byzantine Empire → Roman Empire →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chrysippus of Soli ("Soli in Cilicia") →	birthPlace
Trajan →	deathPlace
Trajanopolis →	formerName