Cales or Kales ( Ancient Greek: Κάλης), also Calles or Kalles (Κάλλης), was an emporium or trading place on the coast of ancient Bithynia at the mouth of a river of the same name. Cales was 120 stadia east of Elaeus. [1] [2]
It is located near Alaplı in Asiatic Turkey. [3] [4]
References
- ^ Arrian. Periplus Ponti Euxini. Vol. p. 14.
- ^ Marcian of Heraclea, p. 70.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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