Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

Carissa (Galatia)

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 9 min

Carissa (Ancient Greek: Κάρισσα), also called Garsi, was a town of the Trocmi in ancient Galatia, Anatolia, located between Etonea and Amasya.[1][2] It was inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[3]

Its site is located near Elvan Çelebi, Asiatic Turkey.[3][4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Hazlitt's Classical Gazetteer Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.4.7.
  3. ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 87, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

40°31′40″N 35°08′26″E / 40.527786°N 35.140618°E / 40.527786; 35.140618


Stub icon

This article about a former Greek populated place in Asia Minor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This geographical article about a location in Çorum Province, Turkey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carissa_(Galatia)
5 views |
↧ Download as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF