Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to:
* Charax, alternate name of
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 � ...
, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of
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 lo ...
, 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:
* 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 ...
, ancient site in Corsica
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Charax (Lesser Armenia)
Charax ( grc, Χάραξ) was an ancient fortress in Aetulane, Lesser Armenia.
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Former populated places in Turkey
Western Armenia
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, ancient site in Lesser Armenia (now in Turkey)
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Charax (Media Atropatene) Charax ( grc, Χάραξ) was an ancient place of the Cadusii people, in Cadusia, Media Atropatene on the Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest la ...
, ancient site in Media Atropatene (now in Iran)
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Charax (Pontus) Charax ( grc, Χάραξ) was a town of ancient Pontus noted by Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzan ...
, town of ancient Pontus (now in Turkey)
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Charax (Thessaly) Charax ( grc, Χάραξ) 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 ( el, Κοιλάδα των Τεμπών) is a gorge in the Tempi municipalit ...
, ancient site in Thessaly, Greece
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Charax Alexandri Charax Alexandri ( grc, Χάραξ Αλεξάνδρου) 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, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Ana ...
, ancient site in Phrygia, Anatolia
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Charax, Crimea
Charax ( grc, Χάραξ, 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.
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, 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 ( grc, Σπασίνου Χάραξ), Alexandria (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια) or Antiochia in Susiana (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Σουσιανῆς), was an anc ...
, an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf
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Charax Sidae Anthemusias (Greek: Ανθεμουσιάς) or Charax Sidae was an ancient Mesopotamian town, according to Pliny and Strabo. Isidore of Charax says that it was 8 schoeni from Apamea near the Euphrates on the road to Seleucia, and Ptolemy plac ...
or Anthemusias, an ancient Mesopotamian town Seleucia in Mesopotamia
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Charax, Rhagiana Charax (; grc, Χάραξ) 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 S ...
, a Seleucid and Parthian city in the province of Rhagiana, in the area nearby modern-day Rey
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Charax, Bithynia
Charax in Bithynia ( grc, Χάραξ της Βιθυνίας or Χάρακας της Βιθυνίας) was a Roman and Byzantine port town of ancient Bithynia, in what is now Turkey. It was on the north side of the Sinus Astacenus on the road b ...
, an ancient Greek town in Turkey and possible location of the death of Constantine the Great
* Cape Charax, or possibly
Cape Lithinon Cape Lithinon or Cape Lithino, Crete, Greece is a promontory at the southernmost point of the island of Crete, south of Matala and west of Kaloi Limenes
Kaloi Limenes or Kali Limenes ( ) is a village and port in the Heraklion regional unit, so ...
, 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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