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Charax Niger
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] |
