Ancient site· Artuklu, Mardin
Dara
Dara-Anastasiopolis
Dara is a ancient site in Artuklu, Mardin; Dara was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on the border with the Sassanid Empire.
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- 37.1814°N · 40.9536°E
Editor's Note
Dara was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on the border with the Sassanid Empire. Owing to its great strategic importance it featured prominently in the Roman-Persian conflicts; today the village of Dara in Mardin Province occupies its site.
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- Architectural remains from antiquity
- The layered history of Anatolian civilizations
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