Charax Alexandri ( grc, Χάραξ Αλεξάνδρου) was a place in ancient Phrygia, near

Celaenae Celaenae (Celænæ) or Kelainai ( el, Κελαιναί), was an ancient city of Phrygia and capital of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia, near the source of the Maeander River in what is today west central Turkey ( Dinar of Afyonkarahisar ...

, which was famed as a camp of

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...

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.

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Former populated places in Turkey Populated places in Phrygia Wars of Alexander the Great Lost ancient cities and towns {{Afyonkarahisar-geo-stub