Dura-Europos
Ancient city · Syria
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 299 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.747, 40.730
Why it was abandoned
☢️ Disaster
Detected automatically from the text: Earthquake of 160 CE at Dura-Europos
History
Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman border city built on an escarpment 90 metres above the southwestern bank of the Euphrates river. It is located near the village of Salhiyé, in present-day Syria. Dura-Europos was founded around 300 BC by Seleucus I Nicator, who founded the Seleucid Empire as one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great.