Naulochon

Naulochon (Ancient Greek: Ναύλοχον), also known as Palaea Smyrna or Palaia Smyrna (Παλαιά Σμύρνη; meaning 'Old Smyrna'), was a port town of ancient Aeolis, and the original Aeolian settlement of Smyrna.[1]

Its site is located in Bayraklı, Asiatic Turkey.[1][2]

According to community website Pleiades, archaeological evidence from Naulochon dates back to the eleventh or tenth centuries B.C.[3]

References

  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. "Pleiades".



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