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Stephane ( grc, Στεφάνη) was a small port town on the coast of ancient Paphlagonia, according to
Arrian Arrian of Nicomedia (; Greek: ''Arrianos''; la, Lucius Flavius Arrianus; ) was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period. ''The Anabasis of Alexander'' by Arrian is considered the best ...
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stadia Stadia may refer to: * One of the plurals of stadium, along with "stadiums" * The plural of stadion, an ancient Greek unit of distance, which equals to 600 Greek feet (''podes''). * Stadia (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey * Stadi ...
east of Cimolis, but according to Marcian of Heraclea only 150. The place was mentioned as early as the time of
Hecataeus of Miletus Hecataeus of Miletus (; el, Ἑκαταῖος ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 550 BC – c. 476 BC), son of Hegesander, was an early Greek historian and geographer. Biography Hailing from a very wealthy family, he lived in Miletus, then under Per ...
as a town of the Mariandyni, under the name of Stephanis (Στεφανίς). The town is also mentioned in the '' Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' and by the geographer Ptolemy. The name is written Stefano in the Peutinger Table. Its site is located near Istifan, Asiatic Turkey.


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Populated places in ancient Paphlagonia Former populated places in Turkey {{AncientPaphlagonia-geo-stub