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Charax Rupununi
Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to: * 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 Seleucia in Mesopotamia * Charax, Rhagiana, a Seleucid and Parthian city in the province of Rhagiana, in the area nearby modern-day Rey * Charax, Bithynia, an ancient Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acharaca
Acharaca ( grc, Ἀχάρακα) 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 ( grc, Χαρώνειον άντρον), 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 we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charakipolis
Charax ( grc, Χάραξ), or Charakipolis, was a town of ancient Lydia Lydia ( Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provi ..., inhabited during Roman 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: * 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 Seleucia in Mesopotamia * Charax, Rhagiana, a Seleucid and Parthian city in the province of Rhagiana, in the area nearby modern-day Rey * Charax, Bithynia, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax (Media Atropatene)
Charax ( grc, Χάραξ) was an ancient place of the Cadusii people, in Cadusia, Media Atropatene on the Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad s ..., north of Cyropolis. 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 ( grc, Χάραξ) was a town of ancient Pontus noted by Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni .... 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 ( grc, Χάραξ) 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 ( el, Κοιλάδα των Τεμπών) 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 .... 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 ( grc, Χάραξ Αλεξάνδρου) 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, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The ..., 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 ( grc, Χάραξ, 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax Spasinu
Charax Spasinu, also called Charax Spasinou, Charax Pasinu, Spasinu Charax ( grc, Σπασίνου Χάραξ), Alexandria (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια) or Antiochia in Susiana (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Σουσιανῆς), was an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf in modern day Iraq, and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene. Etymology The name Charax, probably from Greek Χάραξ, literally means "palisaded fort", and was applied to several fortified Seleucid towns. Charax was originally named Alexandria, after Alexander the Great, and was perhaps even personally founded by him. 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 Karkâ meaning 'castle', but Charax often attes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charax Sidae
Anthemusias (Greek: Ανθεμουσιάς) or Charax Sidae was an ancient Mesopotamian town, according to Pliny and Strabo. Isidore of Charax says that it was 8 schoeni from Apamea near the Euphrates on the road to Seleucia, and Ptolemy places it “at the foot of a mountain called Caspius". The city was founded by one of the early Seleucids and, according to Ptolemy, was situated next to Apameia. :" Tiridates meanwhile, with the consent of the Parthians, received the submission of Nicephorium, Anthemusias and the other cities, which having been founded by Macedonians, claim Greek names, also of the Parthian towns Halus and Artemita. There was a rivalry of joy among the inhabitants who detested Artabanus, bred as he had been among the Scythians, for his cruelty, and hoped to find in Tiridates a kindly spirit from his Roman training."Tacitus, ''Annals'', Bk. VI, 41. This conquest by Tiridates III in 35 CE over Artabanus II was short-lived as Artabanus soon returned from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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