Stratonikeia — Lagina Sanctuary Road
Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE)·Seleucid Stratonikeia·🇹🇷 Muğla Province, Turkey
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About Stratonikeia — Lagina Sanctuary Road
Stratonikeia — Lagina Sanctuary Road in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid Stratonikeia. Sacred road to Lagina Hekate sanctuary 8 km paved, gates and bouleuterion. Stratonikeia sacred road with monumental gates and theatre 10,000 seats, Lagina Hekate temple.
Why it mattersKey Seleucid Stratonikeia hill site illustrating Anatolian settlement
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Hellenistic urbanism
- 02Lycian federation cult
Theories
- 01Mountain defensive settlement
- 02Sanctuary federation
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. 270 BCE
- Period
- Hellenistic–Roman (300 BCE–200 CE)
- Culture
- Seleucid Stratonikeia
- Purpose
- Sacred road to Lagina Hekate sanctuary 8 km paved, gates and bouleuterion
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 270 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Systematic survey
On the ground
Structures & features
37.3100° N · 28.0600° E · 180 m · 3 mapped features
Stratonikeia — Lagina Sanctuary Road — Theatre / Agora
theatrePublic building
37.3102° N · 28.0601° EStratonikeia — Lagina Sanctuary Road — City Walls
wallsEnclosing walls
37.3098° N · 28.0602° EStratonikeia — Lagina Sanctuary Road — Temple Precinct
templeTemple
37.3104° N · 28.0598° E