Bodrum - Stratonikeia
The ancient city-limits of Stratonikeia lies in the borders of Eskihisar Village on Yatagan- Milas artery that is 6- 7 km to the west of Yatagan District of Mugla.
The city-limits was accustomed in the 3rd aeon BC. Syrian King 1 st Seleukos(Seleukos I) gave his wife Stratonike to his son Antiokhos. Antiokhos has accustomed a city-limits in the name of Stratonike, who was aboriginal his footfall mother, and again his wife. According to Strabon, who was a adventurer and a writer, the city-limits was abounding of actual admirable buildings. From the bill acquired during the excavations, it is accepted that Stratonikeia bill had been minted back the date of its accepting its ability from Rhodes in 167 SC and connected until the Gallienus aeon (253 - 268 AD).
The acropolis of the city-limits Is at the top of a abundance In the south. This top is amidst with a wall. Charcoal of a baby temple complete for the emperor can be apparent on a terrace on the noth abruptness of the mountain, just beneath the artery of today.
There is a theatre beneath this temple. Here, a cavea is disconnected into 9 cuneusas with stairs and there is a individual diazoma.The remainders of the date architecture accept been apparent to a abundant admeasurement as a aftereffect of the excavations. Above the ancient city, Eskihisar Village, which is larboard today, is located. The city-limits is amidst with walls and today, abandoned unimportant projections of the city-limits walls can be seen. The charcoal of a able acropolis fabricated of cut stones and adhesive adhesive lie in the northeastern bend of the adjustment area. From the Inscription stones and cavalcade bodies taken from added buildings, it is accepted that the architecture was repaired.
The capital access aperture in the arctic of the city-limits consists of ample blocks. It is fabricated with advanced and accomplished masonry. The charcoal appearance that there was an accomplished on that door. The aperture has two entrances. There is a nymphaion amid the two aperture entrances. Behind the door, an breadth with columns and a alley are seen.
In the average of the city, the a lot of cogent building, a bouleuterion, breadth the city-limits accumulation meets, is amid A aperture continuing abandoned in the west of this architecture is the access aperture of the area. This was claimed to be Serapis Temple; but the Inscriptions begin In the excavations accept apparent that this anticipation was wrong. On the northen alien bank of the Bouleuterion, the amount account of Dlocletianus and the addition allotment apropos to the appliance of it are accounting in Latin. The seats of this architecture in the lower allotment are protected.
In the western allotment of the city, the architecture called a gymnasion, breadth the adolescent humans were accomplished in bookish and concrete aspects and accomplished sports in Ancient Greek and Rome, exists.
There are alcove graves at the ancillary of the angelic alley in foreground of the access aperture of the city. The angelic alley starting from the access aperture passes through the necropolis and alcove to the Hekate angelic breadth In Lagina. This necropolis breadth has abolished today actual beneath a atramentous abundance basin.