Cocylium

Coordinates: 39°40′22″N 26°24′37″E / 39.67291°N 26.410152°E / 39.67291; 26.410152
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Cocylium or Kokylion (

Persian rule.[1] Pliny the Elder notes Cocylium among the cities that, in his time, had disappeared from the Troad.[2]

Its site is tentatively located near Karaev, Çanakkale Province, Turkey.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 3.1.16.
  2. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.122.
  3. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9
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  4. ^ 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). "Cocylium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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