Ancient site· Kelkit, Gümüşhane

Satala

Satala is a ancient site in Kelkit, Gümüşhane; An ancient city located at present-day Sadak village in the Kelkit District of Gümüşhane Province.

Satala
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An ancient city located at present-day Sadak village in the Kelkit District of Gümüşhane Province. According to ancient geographers, Satala lay in a mountain-ringed valley a little north of the Euphrates, where the road from Trapezus to Samosata crossed the boundary of the Roman Empire. It was a bishopric and was later linked to Nicopolis by two highways.

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