Aces ( grc, Ἄκης), is a river of Asia, flowing through a plain surrounded by mountains, respecting which a story is told by

Herodotus Herodotus ( ; grc, , }; BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria ( Italy). He is known for ...

. Geographers are not agreed as to the locality. It seems to be somewhere in Central Asia, east of the Caspian. Geographers agree, however, that the Aces of Herodotus is not the Indian river

Acesines The Chenab River () is a major river that flows in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of two headwaters, Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul and S ...

(modern Chenab).

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Classical geography Rivers of Asia {{asia-geo-stub