Selinus (Cilicia)

Selinus or Selinous (Ancient Greek: Σελινούς, romanized: Selinous; Latin: Selinus; Neo-Babylonian Akkadian: 𒌷𒊓𒀠𒇻𒉌𒂊, romanized: ālu Sallunê[1][2][3]) was a port-town on the west coast of Rough Cilicia[4] and later of Isauria, at the mouth of a small river of the same name, now called Musa Çay.

[10][11] In 557 BC, the Neo-Babylonian king Neriglissar captured Sallunê, that is Selinus, during his campaign against the kingdom of Pirindu.

[13] Basil of Seleucia describes the place as reduced to a state of insignificance in his time[14] though it had once been a great commercial town.

[15] Selinus was situated on a precipitous rock, surrounded on almost every side by the sea, by which position it was rendered almost impregnable.

Inside the walls there still are many traces of houses, but on the outside and between the foot of the hill and the river, the remains of some large buildings are yet standing, which appear to be a mausoleum, an agora, a theatre, an aqueduct and some tombs.