Verified37.2400° N · 36.4500° E · 300 m
Epiphania — Cilician City (Oeniandos?)
Hellenistic–Roman (200 BCE–300 CE)·Seleucid·🇹🇷 Adana Province, Turkey
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About Epiphania — Cilician City (Oeniandos?)
Epiphania — Cilician City (Oeniandos?) in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (200 BCE–300 CE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid. Plain city north of Anazarbus with fort walls and harbour on Ceyhan tributary. Epiphania rebuilt by Antiochus IV Epiphanes on Issus road.
Why it mattersKey Negev–Anatolian highland site
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Desert agriculture technology
- 02Roman frontier model
Theories
- 01Incense trade water management
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 200 BCE
- Period
- Hellenistic–Roman (200 BCE–300 CE)
- Culture
- Seleucid
- Purpose
- Plain city north of Anazarbus with fort walls and harbour on Ceyhan tributary
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Systematic survey
On the ground
Structures & features
37.2400° N · 36.4500° E · 300 m · 3 mapped features
Epiphania — Cilician City (Oeniandos?) — Enclosure Circuit
wallsEnclosing walls or terrace walls
37.2401° N · 36.4501° EEpiphania — Cilician City (Oeniandos?) — Church/Mosque Annex
churchByzantine church or mosque
37.2398° N · 36.4502° EEpiphania — Cilician City (Oeniandos?) — Cistern Cluster
cisternPlastered cisterns
37.2404° N · 36.4498° E