Elaiussa Sebaste an Archaeological Guide — Emanuela Borgia

The archaeological guides are written by well known archaeologists with the thought that they might evoke the spirit of these places for those are intersted in remains of Anatolian civilizations Illıstrated with beauitiful photographs equipped with helpful plans and drawings they are essential to travellers to Turkey The ancient city of Elaiussa Sebaste today Ayaş lies on the south eastern coast of Turkey The birth and the development of the settlement were granted by the favourable geographical position of the city situated along the important coastal road connecting Asia Minor to Syria and projected in the intense commericial traffic of the eastern Mediterranean and secondly to the aboundant natural resources of the hinterland timber from the Touro forests vineyards and olive trees elaion to which the name Elaiussa itself alludes The site was during the Roman age one of the most important cities of the Roman province of Cilicia which developed considerably in the 2 and 3 century AD it maintained its prestigious role as significant trading port until the Late Empire and the first Byzantine age Thanks to its long and continuous life Elaiussa can be indeed aechaeological knowledge on the dynamics of the development and evolution of urban centres in the Eastern Mediterranean area

The archaeological guides are written by well known archaeologists with the thought that they might evoke the spirit of these places for those are intersted in remains of Anatolian civilizations Illıstrated with beauitiful photographs equipped with helpful plans and drawings they are essential to travellers to Turkey The ancient city of Elaiussa Sebaste today Ayaş lies on the south eastern coast of Turkey The birth and the development of the settlement were granted by the favourable geographical position of the city situated along the important coastal road connecting Asia Minor to Syria and projected in the intense commericial traffic of the eastern Mediterranean and secondly to the aboundant natural resources of the hinterland timber from the Touro forests vineyards and olive trees elaion to which the name Elaiussa itself alludes The site was during the Roman age one of the most important cities of the Roman province of Cilicia which developed considerably in the 2 and 3 century AD it maintained its prestigious role as significant trading port until the Late Empire and the first Byzantine age Thanks to its long and continuous life Elaiussa can be indeed aechaeological knowledge on the dynamics of the development and evolution of urban centres in the Eastern Mediterranean area

The archaeological guides are written by well known archaeologists with the thought that they might evoke the spirit of these places for those are intersted in remains of Anatolian civilizations Illıstrated with beauitiful photographs equipped with helpful plans and drawings they are essential to travellers to Turkey The ancient city of Elaiussa Sebaste today Ayaş lies on the south eastern coast of Turkey The birth and the development of the settlement were granted by the favourable geographical position of the city situated along the important coastal road connecting Asia Minor to Syria and projected in the intense commericial traffic of the eastern Mediterranean and secondly to the aboundant natural resources of the hinterland timber from the Touro forests vineyards and olive trees elaion to which the name Elaiussa itself alludes The site was during the Roman age one of the most important cities of the Roman province of Cilicia which developed considerably in the 2 and 3 century AD it maintained its prestigious role as significant trading port until the Late Empire and the first Byzantine age Thanks to its long and continuous life Elaiussa can be indeed aechaeological knowledge on the dynamics of the development and evolution of urban centres in the Eastern Mediterranean area

The ancient city of Elaiussa Sebaste today Ayaş lies on the south eastern coast of Turkey The birth and the development of the settlement were granted by the favourable geographical position of the city situated along the important coastal road connecting Asia Minör to Syria and projected in the intense commercial traffic of the eastern Mediterranean and secondly to the abundant natural resources of the hinterland timber from the Tauro forests vineyards and olive trees elaion to which the name Elaiussa itself alludes The site was during the Roman age one of the most important cities of the Roman province of Cilicia which developed considerably in the 2nd and 3rd century AD it maintained its prestigious role as significant trading port until the Late Empire and the first Byzantine age Thanks to its long and continuous life Elaiussa can be indeed qualified as a remarkable case study for the deepening of historical and archaeological knowledge on the dynamics of the development and evolution of urban centres in the Eastern Mediterranean area