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The acropolis of the
city is at the top of the mountain in the south. This
top is surrounded with a wall. In its north, on a terrace
on the slope, on an inscription just below the highway
of today, the ruins of a small temple constructed for
the emperor can be seen.
There is a theater below this temple. Here, cavea is
divided into 9 cuneusas with stairs and there is a single
diazoma. The remainders of the stage building have been
exposed to a great extent in the excavations made. Over
the archaic city, Eskihisar Village, which is left today,
is located. The city is surrounded with walls and today,
only unimportant projections of the city walls can be
seen. In the northeastern corner of the settlement area,
lies the ruins of a strong fort made of cut stones and
lime mortar. From the inscription stones and column
bodies taken from other buildings, it is understood
that the building has been repaired.
The main entrance door in the north of the city consists
of large blocks. It is made with wide and fine masonry.
The ruins show that there was an arch on that door.
The door has two entrances. There is a nymphaion between
the two door entrances. After the door, an area with
columns and a road is seen.
At the middle of the city, the most significant building,
bouleuterion where the city assembly meets, is located.
The door standing alone just in the west of this building
is the entrance door of the area. This was claimed to
be Serapis Temple; but the inscriptions found in the
excavations have shown that this thought was wrong.
On the external wall of Bouleuterion towards north,
the price list of Diocletianus and the introduction
part relating to the application of it are written in
Latin. The seats of this building in the lower part
are protected.
In the western part of the city, the building named
gymnasion, where the young people were trained in intellectual
and physical aspects and made sports activities in Ancient
Greek and Rome, exists.
There are chamber graves at the side of the holy road
in front of the entrance door of the city. The holy
road starting from the entrance door passes through
necropolis and reaches to Hekate holy area in Lagina.
This necropolis area has disappeared today remaining
under coal mine basin.
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