Soli, often rendered Soli/Pompeiopolis, was an ancient city and port in Cilicia, 11 km west of Mersin in present-day Turkey.
Roman colonnade at the site.
Pompeiopolis from an 1812 Admiralty Chart
A portrait of Pompey on a 23 mm bronze coin struck at Pompeiopolis in 83/4 during the reign of Domitian.
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Cilicia is a geographical region of southern Anatolia in West Asia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia borders Pamphylia to the west, Lycaonia and Cappadoc
Soli (Cilicia)
…Soli (Ancient Greek: Σόλοι, Sóloi), often rendered Soli/Pompeiopolis (Ancient Greek: Πομπηϊούπολις), was an ancient city and port in Cilicia, 11 km west of Mersin in present-day Turkey. Located in Southern Anatolia, on the edge of the timber-rich Taurus Mountains and fertile Cilician alluvial…
Western part of the Achaemenid Empire
Probable captives from Cilicia, on the Nasiriyah stele of Naram-Sin, circa 2200 BC.
Fugitive slave treaty between Idrimi of Alalakh (now Tell Atchana) and Pilliya of Kizzuwatna (now Cilicia), (c. 1480 BC) Ref:131447 .
Coin of Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. Tarsos, Cilicia.