Chelae
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.183, 30.337
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Bithynia in modern-day Turkey
History
Chelae or Chelai was a coastal town of ancient Bithynia located on the Pontus Euxinus. It appears in the Tabula Peutingeriana, and in the Periplus Ponti Euxini written by Arrian, who places it 20 stadia east of Thynias and 180 west of the mouth of the Sangarius River.