Heraclea (Aeolis)
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 39.308, 26.690
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Aeolis in modern-day Turkey
History
Heraclea or Herakleia, also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Aeolis. It was opposite to Hecatonnesi. This town and the neighbouring Coryphantis are called villages of the Mytilenaeans. The town may also have carried the names Elateia, Idale, and Itale during Roman times.