Stratonikeia – Eskihisar, Yatağan (Muğla)
Stratonikeia, dubbed the “city of gladiators and lovers,” sprawls over Eskihisar with marble-paved streets, monumental squares, and later Ottoman houses in the same urban fabric. Founded in the Hellenistic era and thriving under Rome, it was connected to Lagina by the sacred processional way. Major remains include the colossal gymnasium/palaestra, theater, agoras, bouleuterion, bathhouses, fountains, and an extensive inscription corpus. Byzantine churches and Ottoman-period houses/mosques show continuous reuse into recent centuries.
Sources
- Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratonicea_(Caria)
- T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı – Stratonikeia tanıtımı
- Turkish Archaeological News – excavation updates and inscription studies