Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to:
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Aulus Claudius Charax Aulus Claudius Charax was a Roman Empire, Roman Roman senate, senator and historian of the second century AD, who held a number of offices in the emperor's service. He served as Roman consul, suffect consul for the ''nundinium'' April–June 147 wit ...
, a 2nd-century AD Roman senator and historian
* Charax, alternate name of
Acharaca
Acharaca () 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 (), where the sick were healed under the direction ...
, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of
Charakipolis
Charax (), or Charakipolis, was a town of ancient Lydia, inhabited during 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 peo ...
, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of
Tralles, an ancient city in Lydia, Anatolia
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Charax (Corsica) Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to:
* Aulus Claudius Charax, a 2nd-century AD Roman senator and historian
* Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, an ancient town in Lydi ...
, ancient site in Corsica
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Charax (Lesser Armenia)
Charax () was an ancient fortress in Aetulane, Lesser Armenia
Lesser Armenia (; ; ), also known as Armenia Minor and Armenia Inferior, comprised the Armenian-populated regions primarily to the west and northwest of the ancient Kingdom of Armeni ...
, ancient site in Lesser Armenia (now in Turkey)
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Charax (Media Atropatene) Charax () was an ancient place of the Cadusii people, in Cadusia, Media Atropatene on the Caspian Sea, north of Cyropolis
Cyreschata (Old Persian: ), better known by its Latin name Cyropolis ( or , ), both meaning "City of Cyrus", was an anc ...
, ancient site in Media Atropatene (now in Iran)
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Charax (Pontus) Charax () was a town of ancient Pontus noted by Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (; , ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethn ...
, town of ancient Pontus (now in Turkey)
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Charax (Thessaly) Charax () 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 or Tembi (; ; ) is a gorge in the Tempi municipality of northern Thessaly, Greece, located be ...
, ancient site in Thessaly, Greece
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Charax Alexandri Charax Alexandri () 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 (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the maj ...
, ancient site in Phrygia, Anatolia
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Charax, Crimea
Charax (, 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 ...
, the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea
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Charax Spasinu
Charax Spasinu, also called Charax Spasinou, Charax Pasinu, Spasinu Charax (), Alexandria () or Antiochia in Susiana (), was an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf in what is now Iraq and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene.
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, an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf
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Charax Sidae or Anthemusias, an ancient Mesopotamian town near Seleucia in Mesopotamia
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Charax, Rhagiana Charax (; ) was a Seleucid and Parthian town located in the province of Rhagiana, near the city of Rhaga (present-day Rey). According to its Greek name, which translates as "palisade", Charax was a fortified town. Founded by the Seleucids, it wa ...
, a Seleucid and Parthian city in the province of Rhagiana, in the area nearby modern-day Rey
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Charax, Bithynia, an ancient Greek town in Turkey and possible location of the death of Constantine the Great
* Cape Charax, or possibly
Cape Lithinon, a promontory at the southernmost point of the island of Crete
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''Charax'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Characidae
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