Dorylaeum
Ancient city in Anatolia, modern Turkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Karaca Hisar" redirects here. For other uses, see Karacahisar (disambiguation).
For the modern city, see Eskişehir.
Dorylaeum or Dorylaion (Greek: Δορύλαιον; Turkish: Şarhöyük) was an ancient city in Anatolia. It is now an archaeological site located near the city of Eskişehir, Turkey.[1]
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Location | Dorylaeum, Eskişehir Province, Turkey |
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Coordinates | 39°47′0″N 30°31′0″E |
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Its original location was about 10 km southwest of Eskişehir, at a place now known as Karaca Hisar; about the end of the fourth century B.C. it was moved to a location north of modern Eskişehir.[2]