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Rhoe

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
41.169, 30.228
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient harbor in Bithynia

History

Rhoe was a port town of ancient Bithynia in Asia Minor on the shore of the Pontus Euxinus. It was located 20 stadia east of Calpe, on a steep promontory and contained a road fit only for small vessels. It was inhabited during Roman and Byzantine Empire times.

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