Selinus (Cilicia)

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Map of the ancient Trajanopolis from an Admiralty Chart of 1812

Selinus or Selinous (Ancient Greek: Σελινους, romanized: Selinous; Latin: Selinus; Neo-Babylonian Akkadian: 𒌷𒊓𒀠𒇻𒉌𒂊, romanized: ālu Sallunê[1][2][3]) was a port-town on the west coast of Rough Cilicia[4] and later of Isauria, at the mouth of a small river of the same name, now called Musa Çay.[5][6][7][8][9] It is located west of the modern city of Gazipaşa in Turkey.[10][11]

  1. ^ Grayson 1975, p. 103-104.
  2. ^ Glassner 2004, p. 232-233.
  3. ^ Bryce 2009, p. 310.
  4. ^ Bryce 2009, p. 611.
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax; Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 33.20.
  7. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiv. p. 682. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  8. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.8.2, 8.17.42.
  9. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.22.
  10. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  11. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.