Theangela
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.044, 27.595
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Caria in modern-day Turkey
History
Theangela was a town of ancient Caria. Upon the conquest of Caria by Alexander the Great, he placed it under the jurisdiction of Halicarnassus. It was birthplace of Philippus of Theangela, a 4th-century BCE historian. It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League. It was in a sympoliteia with Kildara and Thodosa.