Ancient seaport, Anatolia.
Located in what is now south-central Turkey, it was founded by Greek colonists from Rhodes and was a principle city of Cilicia . It was later conquered by Alexander the Great (333 BC). Destroyed in the 1st century BC by Tigranes II of Armenia, it was rebuilt by the Roman general Pompey the Great . Traces of the port's artificial harbour and a portion of a long colonnade remain.