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Surroundings:

ipsaq

Location:

  • Türkiye, Kypsella / Cypsela
  • geo:40.925072,26.390896
  • Location ± 100-500 m.

Period or year:

  • -5x / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • invisible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=33183

Annotations

Cypsela (Greek: Κύψελα) is the name of an ancient Greek city in Thrace.  According Starbo Kypsela was located near the border of what was once Macedonia, 120 stadia from the mouth of the Hebreus River1.According to Polyenus, Cypsela was besieged by a certain Antiochus—perhaps Antiochus II Theos, who died in the middle of the 3rd century BC—who had many Thracians in his army, whom he provided with gold and silver ornaments. The Thracians of Cypsela, who were also Thracians, when they saw their own people wearing such ornaments, considered that they were happy with Antiochus, laid down their weapons, and became his allies.Cypsela was one of the cities conquered by Philip V of Macedon ca 200 BC in the Cretan War (205–200 BC).

 

See;

  1. https://www.academia.edu/9109825/Anadolu_Tarihi_Co%C4%9Frafyas%C4%B1_I_ve_II_dersi_i%C3%A7in_%C5%9Fehir_listesi_ve_kaynak%C3%A7a

References

  1. Macedonia is bounded on the west by the sea-coast of the Adriatic; on the east by a meridian line parallel to this coast, passing through the mouth of the river Hebrus, and the city Cypsela; on the north by an imaginary straight line passing through the mountains Bertiscus


Nearby

Ipsala Aqueduct (1 km)

Ipsala Aqueduct

Roman Bridge (5 km)

Roman Bridge

Station Dymae (10 km)

Station Dymae


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