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Birgena

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
39.046, 30.185
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Phrygia, in modern-day Turkey

History

Birgena was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times. Its name does not occur in ancient authors, but is inferred from epigraphic and other evidence.

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