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37°02′40″N 27°35′42″E / 37.044491°N 27.59493°E / 37.044491; 27.59493
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Theangela ( Ancient Greek: Θεάγγελα) was a town of ancient Caria. Upon the conquest of Caria by Alexander the Great, he placed it under the jurisdiction of Halicarnassus. It was birthplace of Philippus of Theangela, a 4th-century BCE historian. [1] [2] It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League. [3] It was in a sympoliteia with Kildara and Thodosa. [4]

Its site is located near Etrim, Asiatic Turkey. [5] [6]

References

  1. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.29.
  2. ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, 6.271; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  3. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p.  1305. ISBN  0-19-814099-1.
  4. ^ Jeremy LaBuff (2016). Polis Expansion and Elite Power in Hellenistic Karia. Lexington Books. pp. 122–123.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Theangela". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

37°02′40″N 27°35′42″E / 37.044491°N 27.59493°E / 37.044491; 27.59493