Seleucia in Pieria - Photos

Somewhere in Seleucia must have been the mausoleum of the city's founder, Seleucus I Nicator, who was assassinated in 281 by Ptolemy Keraunos. According to Appian of Alexandria

Philetaerus, the prince of Pergamon, bought the body from Keraunos for a large sum of money, burned it, and sent the ashes to his son Antiochus I Soter. The latter deposited them at Seleucia-by-the-Sea, where he erected a temple to his father on consecrated ground, to which ground he gave the name of Nicatoreum.^note[Appian, Syrian War, 63.]

Although many tombs have been found near Seleucia, this one has so far escaped discovery.

Among the other monuments are

• the rock tombs,
• the tunnel and canal of Titus,
• a small bridge,
• the Beșikli mausoleum.