It was a colony of Rhodes, founded c.700 BC. Soli was destroyed in the 1st century BC, and rebuilt by Pompey the Great, and after called Pompeiopolis (not to be confused with the Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia).
It was a colony of Rhodes, founded c.700 BC. Soli was destroyed in the 1st century BC, and rebuilt by Pompey the Great. Thereone, it was called Pompeiopolis (not to be confused with the Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia).