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Lyrnai

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
36.824, 28.924
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Why it was abandoned

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

History

Lyrnai or Lyrna was an inland town of ancient Lycia, inhabited during Hellenistic times. Its name does not occur among ancient authors, but known from epigraphic evidence. Per the Stadiasmus Patarensis Lyrnai was in the territory of Octapolis and the destination of a road from Calynda.

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