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Pimolisa

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
41.013, 34.710
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: fortified town of ancient Paphlagonia

History

Pimolisa, or Pimolison, was a fortified town of ancient Paphlagonia on the Halys River, near the western border of Pontus. It had been destroyed by Strabo's time, but the district on both sides of the Halys was still called Pimolisene.

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