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Charax (other)
Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to: * Aulus Claudius Charax, a 2nd-century AD Roman senator and historian * Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax, alternate name of Tralles, an ancient city in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax (Corsica), ancient site in Corsica * Charax (Lesser Armenia), ancient site in Lesser Armenia (now in Turkey) * Charax (Media Atropatene), ancient site in Media Atropatene (now in Iran) * Charax (Pontus), town of ancient Pontus (now in Turkey) * Charax (Thessaly), ancient site in Thessaly, Greece * Charax Alexandri, ancient site in Phrygia, Anatolia * Charax, Crimea, the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea * Charax Spasinu, an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf * Charax Sidae or Anthemusias, an ancient Mesopotamian town near Seleucia in Mesopotamia * Charax, Rhagiana Charax (; ) was a Seleucid and Parthian town loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulus Claudius Charax
Aulus Claudius Charax was a Roman Empire, Roman Roman senate, senator and historian of the second century AD, who held a number of offices in the emperor's service. He served as Roman consul, suffect consul for the ''nundinium'' April–June 147 with Quintus Fuficius Cornutus as his colleague. Charax wrote a history, ''Hellenika'', in forty books, of which only fragments survive. Life The ''cursus honorum'' for Charax is partly known from a Greek language, Greek inscription erected in Pergamum. Inscriptions from elsewhere in Asia Minor and Greece provide other details of his life. Bernard Remy, in his monograph on the Fasti of Roman officials of the provinces of Asia Minor, suggests that while traveling through the eastern provinces, the emperor Hadrian met Charax.Remy''Les carrières sénatoriales dans les provinces romaines d'Anatolie au Haut-Empire (31 av. J.-C. - 284 ap. J.-C.) (Pont-Bithynie, Galatie, Cappadoce, Lycie-Pamphylie et Cilicie)'' (Istanbul: Institut Français d'É ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acharaca
Acharaca () was a village of ancient Lydia, Anatolia on the road from Tralles (modern Aydın, Turkey) to Nysa on the Maeander, with a Ploutonion or a temple of Pluto, and a cave, named Charonium (), where the sick were healed under the direction of the priests. There is some indication that it once bore the name Charax (Χάραξ), but that name may have belonged to Tralles. Its location is now the site of the modern town of Salavatlı. Recoveries from archaeological excavations are housed at the Aydın Archaeological Museum. The city was founded by Antiochus I Soter in the first half of the 3rd century BC. The city had an oracle of Pluto and Kore (Persephone) at Acharaca. A large grove, a Doric temple (remains of which survive), and a cave called the Charonium, were the seat of the oracle. Strabo Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charakipolis
Charax (), or Charakipolis, was a town of ancient Lydia, inhabited during Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ... times. Its site is located near Karayakup in Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in ancient Lydia Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey History of Manisa Province Lost ancient cities and towns {{Manisa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax (Corsica)
Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to: * Aulus Claudius Charax, a 2nd-century AD Roman senator and historian * Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax, alternate name of Tralles, an ancient city in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax (Corsica), ancient site in Corsica * Charax (Lesser Armenia), ancient site in Lesser Armenia (now in Turkey) * Charax (Media Atropatene), ancient site in Media Atropatene (now in Iran) * Charax (Pontus), town of ancient Pontus (now in Turkey) * Charax (Thessaly), ancient site in Thessaly, Greece * Charax Alexandri, ancient site in Phrygia, Anatolia * Charax, Crimea, the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea * Charax Spasinu Charax Spasinu, also called Charax Spasinou, Charax Pasinu, Spasinu Charax (), Alexandria () or Antiochia in Susiana (), was an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf in what is now Iraq and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax (Lesser Armenia)
Charax () was an ancient fortress in Aetulane, Lesser Armenia Lesser Armenia (; ; ), also known as Armenia Minor and Armenia Inferior, comprised the Armenian-populated regions primarily to the west and northwest of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia (also known as Kingdom of Greater Armenia), on the western sid .... References Former populated places in Turkey Western Armenia {{LesserArmenia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax (Media Atropatene)
Charax () was an ancient place of the Cadusii people, in Cadusia, Media Atropatene on the Caspian Sea, north of Cyropolis Cyreschata (Old Persian: ), better known by its Latin name Cyropolis ( or , ), both meaning "City of Cyrus", was an ancient city founded by Cyrus the Great to mark the northeastern border of his Achaemenid Empire. Location The actual locatio .... References Former populated places in Iran Cadusii History of Talysh History of Gilan Atropatene {{iran-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax (Pontus)
Charax () was a town of ancient Pontus noted by Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (; , ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethnica'' (). Only meagre fragments of the dictionary survive, but the epit .... Its site is unlocated. References Populated places in ancient Pontus Former populated places in Turkey Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientPontus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax (Thessaly)
Charax () was a fortress town of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly, on the left bank of the Peneus, at the entrance of the Vale of Tempe The Vale of Tempe or Tembi (; ; ) is a gorge in the Tempi municipality of northern Thessaly, Greece, located between Olympus to the north and Ossa to the south, and between the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia. The gorge was known to the Byz .... References Populated places in ancient Thessaly Former populated places in Greece Perrhaebia Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientThessaly-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax Alexandri
Charax Alexandri () was a place in ancient Phrygia, near Celaenae, which was famed as a camp of Alexander the Great during his progress through Asia Minor Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ..., and afterward bore his name. References Former populated places in Turkey Populated places in Phrygia Wars of Alexander the Great Lost ancient cities and towns {{Afyonkarahisar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax, Crimea
Charax (, gen.: Χάρακος) is the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea. It was sited on a four-hectare area at the western ridge of Ai-Todor, close to the modern tourist attraction of Swallow's Nest. The military camp was founded under Vespasian with the intention of protecting Chersonesus and other Bosporean trade emporiums from the Scythians. By the end of the 1st century AD, the Roman forces were evacuated from the peninsula. Several decades later the camp was restored by a vexillatio of the Legio I Italica; it hosted a detachment of the Legio XI Claudia at the end of the 2nd century. The camp was abandoned by the Romans in the mid-3rd century. The ruins of the camp were discovered by Peter Keppen in 1837; he estimated the length of the defensive wall at 185 sazhens (395 metres). Keppen identified the site with Charax (from the Greek word for "fortification"), the only Roman camp recorded in Crimea. Although there is no evidence that Charax was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax Spasinu
Charax Spasinu, also called Charax Spasinou, Charax Pasinu, Spasinu Charax (), Alexandria () or Antiochia in Susiana (), was an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf in what is now Iraq and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene. Etymology The name Charax, probably from ancient Greek , means "palisaded fort" and was applied to several fortified Seleucid towns. Charax was initially named Alexandria after Alexander the Great, and he perhaps even personally founded it. After destruction by floods, it was rebuilt by Antiochus IV (175-164 BC) and renamed Antiochia. It was at this time provided with a massive antiflood embankment almost 4½ km long by Antiochus's governor, Hyspaosines, and renamed "Charax of Hyspaosines." There is a theory that Charax derives from the Aramaic word ''karkā'', meaning "a fortification," but Charax is often attested at several other Seleucid towns with the meaning palisade. Location of Charax Charax was located on a large mound kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
