Positioned 70 km North east of Afyonkarahisar; Amorium, which was seen as an important settlement in the Hittite, Hellenic (Greek), Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman terms ever since the year 2000 BC, is among the first cities to be allowed to print their own money in the region by the Roman Senate. City was famous as the hometown of the Mikhail Dynasty, which ruled the Byzantine Empire for a while. Since 640 AD Amorium has been the headquarters of the Byzantine army in Anatolia.