Amorium

Ancient siteEmirdağ, Afyonkarahisar

39.0265°N · 31.2666°E

Amorium is a ancient site in Afyonkarahisar; Amorium, also known as Amorion, was a city in Phrygia in Asia Minor founded in the Hellenistic period, which flourished under the Byzantine Empire and declined after the Arab sack of 838. Strategically placed on the Byzantine military road from Constantinople to Cilicia, its ruins lie around the village of Hisarköy, east of Emirdağ.

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Location: 39.0265°N · 31.2666°E

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Amorium, also known as Amorion, was a city in Phrygia in Asia Minor founded in the Hellenistic period, which flourished under the Byzantine Empire and declined after the Arab sack of 838. Strategically placed on the Byzantine military road from Constantinople to Cilicia, its ruins lie around the village of Hisarköy, east of Emirdağ.

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