Halae or Halai (), or Alae or Alai (Ἄλαι), was a coastal town of

ancient Cilicia Cilicia () is a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (). The region inclu ...

, inhabited during the

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 ...

and

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

eras. Its site is located near Alakese in Asiatic Turkey.

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Populated places in ancient Cilicia Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey Populated places of the Byzantine Empire History of Adana Province {{Mersin-geo-stub