Phocaea

Phocaea
Φώκαια (in Greek)
Foça (in Turkish)
The theatre of Phocaea
Phocaea is located in Western Turkey
Phocaea
Shown within Western Turkey
Phocaea is located in Turkey
Phocaea
Phocaea (Turkey)
Alternative namePhokaia
LocationFoça, Izmir Province, Turkey
RegionIonia
Coordinates38°40′03″N 26°45′29″E / 38.66750°N 26.75806°E / 38.66750; 26.75806
TypeSettlement

Phocaea or Phokaia (Ancient Greek: Φώκαια, Phókaia; modern-day Foça in Turkey) was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. Greek colonists from Phocaea founded the colony of Massalia[1] (modern-day Marseille, in France) in 600 BC, Emporion (modern-day Empúries, in Catalonia, Spain) in 575 BC and Elea (modern-day Velia, in Campania, Italy) in 540 BC.

  1. ^ Pliny, 3.5.