Timolaeum

Timolaeum or Timolaion (Ancient Greek: Τιμολαῖον) was a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Paphlagonia, at a distance of 40 or 60 stadia north of Climax and 100 to 150 stadia from Cape Carambis (modern Kerempe Burnu).[1]

It is located near Çayyaka in Asiatic Turkey.[2][3]

References
  1. Marcian of Heraclea, Periplus, p. 71; Anon. Peripl. P. E., p. 6.
  2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Timolaeum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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