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Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, German

The Roman bridge at Adana (the Taşköprü), over the Seyhan (Greek Saros) River

Roman bridge at Adana
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    According to an inscription in the Adana Museum (CIG 4440) the bridge was probably built by an Auxentius, perhaps the comes et mechanicus Auxentius who worked in Rome c. 384 CE.  There were orginally 21 arches, of with 14 survive.  Akurgal, Anceint Civilizations and Ruins of Turkey, 345.

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