Maiboza, also called Iulia or Julia, was a town of
ancient Lydia
Lydia (; ) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.
At some point before 800 BC, the Lyd ...
.
[ The name Maiboza does not occur among ancient authors, but is inferred from ]epigraphic
Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...
and other evidence.[
Its site is located near ]Gölmarmara
Gölmarmara is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 310 km2, and its population is 15,193 (2022). It lies at a distance of from the province center of Manisa. The town owes its name to the nearby Lake Marmara, c ...
in Asiatic Turkey.
References
Populated places in ancient Lydia
Former populated places in Turkey
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
History of Manisa Province
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