Aspendos important city in the state of Pamphylia Roman control in 190 BCE , Anatolia Turkey Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius 161 - 80 AD

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Aspendos important city in the state of Pamphylia. This glorious city came under Roman control in 190 BCE and reached its epoch during the Roman period, when trade and commerce flourished here. City was founded by the famous Greek diviner Mopsos around 1000 BCE, and archaeologists have found evidence of a settlement here from the Hittite era (800 BCE) onwards.

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