Aphrodisias (Thrace)
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Town of ancient Thrace
Aphrodisias (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδισιάς) was a town of ancient Thrace on the Thracian Chersonese, inhabited during Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[1] During Roman times, it received a Roman colony under the name of Colonia Flaviopolis.[1]
Its site is located on the Gallipoli Peninsula in European Turkey.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
40°32′19″N 26°50′05″E / 40.538708°N 26.834645°E / 40.538708; 26.834645
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