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Psilion

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
41.134, 29.847
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient river settlement in Bithynia

History

Psyllium, or Psylla (Ψύλλα) was a fortified emporium on a river of the same name. It was located on the Pontus Euxinus in ancient Bithynia between Artanes and Kalpe. The Tabula Peutingeriana calls it Philium.

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