Latmus (town)
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Ancient polis of Caria
Latmus or Latmos (Ancient Greek: Λάτμος) was a town of ancient Caria.[1] It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League.[2]
Strabo writes that it was also known as "Heracleia below Latmus" (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια ἡ ὑπὸ Λάτμῳ).,[3]
Its site is located near Heraclea ad Latmum, Asiatic Turkey.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Karia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1126-1127. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Strabo, Geography, §14.1.8
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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