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Lateral view of the Marble Courtyard, Hall of the Imperial Court, Greek gymnasium of Sardis, Turkey
Sardis or Sardes was an ancient city at the location of modern Sart in Turkey's Manisa Province. Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, one of the important cities of the Persian Empire, the seat of a proconsul under the Roman Empire, and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and Byzantine times
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Location: Sardis, Location Sart, Manisa Province, Turkey
Photo credit: © Jorge Tutor / Alamy / Afripics
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