Rhoiteion

Rhoiteion
Ῥοίτειον
Rhoiteion is located in Turkey
Rhoiteion
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Locationİntepe, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
RegionTroad
Coordinates40°0′33″N 26°18′0″E / 40.00917°N 26.30000°E / 40.00917; 26.30000
TypeSettlement
History
FoundedLate 8th century BC at the latest

Rhoiteion (Ancient Greek: Ῥοίτειον, romanizedRhoiteion, Latin: Rhoeteum) was an ancient Greek city in the northern Troad region of Anatolia, also known as Ῥοίτιον ἄκρον.[1] Its territory was bounded to the south and west by the Simoeis river and to the east by Ophryneion. It was located on the Baba Kale spur of Çakal Tepe north of Halileli and west of İntepe (previously known as Erenköy) in Çanakkale Province, Turkey.[2]