Selinus in Cilicia

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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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Selinus in Cilicia canonical 2
Near Heraclea in Cilicia 1
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 self-linksurface differs
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 Anatolia
surface form: southern Asia Minor
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
southern coast of Asia Minor
mentionedIn Roman historical sources
ancient Greek sources
namedAfter Trajan
nearModernSettlement Gazipaşa
partOf Cilicia
surface form: Roman Cilicia
presentCountry Turkey
presentProvince Antalya Province
presentRegion southern Anatolia
surface form: 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 (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trajan deathPlace Selinus in Cilicia
Chrysippus of Soli birthPlace Selinus in Cilicia
this entity surface form: Soli in Cilicia
Selinus in Cilicia formerName Selinus in Cilicia self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Trajanopolis
Odaenathus deathPlace Selinus in Cilicia
this entity surface form: Near Heraclea in Cilicia