Heraclea Pontica
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Key facts
- Periods
- Archaic Greece
- Location
- Karadeniz Ereğli , Zonguldak Province , Turkey
- Region
- Bithynia
- Built
- Between 560–558 BC
- Built by
- Colonists from Megara
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- polis
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Zonguldak Province
- Image
- An ancient Greek colony Chersonesos (2005-08-070) (186658508).jpg
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- located in/on physical feature
- Black Sea Region
- Commons category
- Heraclea Pontica
- inception
- 0558-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Heraclea Pontica
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Heraclea Pontica (/ˌhɛrəˈkliːə ˈpɒntɪkə/; Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Ποντική, romanized: Hērákleia Pontikḗ; Attic Greek: [hɛːrákleːa pontikɛ́ː], Koine Greek: [(h)e̝ˈraklia pontiˈke̝]), known in Byzantine and later times as Pontoheraclea (Greek: Ποντοηράκλεια, romanized: Pontohērakleia), was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus. The site is now the location of the modern city Karadeniz Ereğli, in the Zonguldak Province of Turkey.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heraclea Pontica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.