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Latmus_(town) Latitude and Longitude:
37°30′08″N 27°32′19″E / 37.5023°N 27.5386°E / 37.5023; 27.5386
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Latmus or Latmos ( Ancient Greek: Λάτμος) was a town of ancient Caria. [1] It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League. [2]

Strabo writes that it was also known as " Heracleia below Latmus" ( Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια ἡ ὑπὸ Λάτμῳ)., [3]

Its site is located near Heraclea ad Latmum, Asiatic Turkey. [1] [4]

References

  1. ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN  978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Karia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp.  1126-1127. ISBN  0-19-814099-1.
  3. ^ Strabo, Geography, §14.1.8
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

37°30′08″N 27°32′19″E / 37.5023°N 27.5386°E / 37.5023; 27.5386


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