Cyzicus

• Cyzicus was an ancient Greek city whose Ruins are located on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara, near Erdek in the Balikesir Province of Turkey.
• It became a Roman port city under Tiberius (14-37 CE) in the Province of Asia.

History

• Eudoxus of Cyzicus
  • He was a sea Captain who first sailed to India in 118 BCE, then twice attempted to circumnavigate Africa.
• Classis Pontica
  • Cyzicus became the location of a Roman Naval Fleet called the Classis Pontica in 170 CE.

Roman Sites

• The Ruins that are still visible are:
  • Roman Walls
  • Roman Aqueduct.
  • Roman Theatre.
  • Part of the Amphitheatre.
    • The Ruins of the Amphitheatre were used to build the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople.
  • Part of a Temple dedicated to Hadrian
    • Its columns are taller than those of Baalbeck Roman Temples.

Roman Roads

• A coastal road:
  • Nicomedia–Cyzicus–Pergamon–Smyrna–Ephesus-Miletus

Ruins of Cyzicus, Erdek, Turkey