Satala

• Satala was the Legionary Fortress of the Legio XV Apollinaris between c.117-c.400 CE. It is now in the village of Sadak in Gumushane Province of northeastern Turkey.
• It was in the Roman Province of Cappadocia until it was lost to the Persians in 607-8 CE.

Roman Sites

• Very little remains of Satala:
  • The outline of the Fortress walls
  • The arches of a basilica

Museums

• British Museum
  • The museum holds the Satala Aphrodite (c. 1st century BCE).
  • This is the Bronze Head of a statue of Aphrodite which was acquired in 1873 by the British Museum.
  • It is on display in Room 69 of the Greek and Roman Department.

Satala, Sadak