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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.


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Populated places in ancient Lydia Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey History of Manisa Province {{Manisa-geo-stub