Aspendos

This article is about the ancient city in present-day Turkey. For the medication marketed as Aspendos, see Modafinil.

Aspendos
Ἄσπενδος (Ancient Greek)
Aspendus
The Roman Basilica at Aspendos, 2011
Location within Turkey
36°56′20″N 31°10′20″E
Type	Settlement
Location	Serik, Antalya Province, Turkey
Region	Pamphylia

Aspendos or Aspendus (Attic: Ἄσπενδος; Pamphylian: Εστϝεδυς) was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya province of Turkey. The site is located 40 km east of the modern city of Antalya.

It was situated on the Eurymedon River about 16 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea; it shared a border with, and was hostile to, the ancient city of Side.