Seleucia (Pamphylia)

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Seleucia (Greek: Σελεύκεια) – also transliterated as Seleukeia or Seleukheia – was an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Pamphylia, in Anatolia, approximately 15 km northeast of Side; the site is currently that of the village of Bucakşeyhler (also Bucakşıhler), approximately 12 km northeast of Manavgat, Antalya Province, Turkey.

The are remains of an agora containing a two-storey building, a gate, a mausoleum, a Roman bath, a necropolis, in addition to several temples and churches.

During the late Byzantine era, that is starting in the 8th or 9th Century, Seleucia was the headquarters of one of the Themes in Asia Minor.[1]

In the 1180s the Armenians took control of Seleucia.

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  1. ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, vol. 3, p. 2035

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