Selymbria

Selymbria (Greek: Σηλυμβρία),[1] or Selybria (Σηλυβρία),[2][3][4] or Selybrie (Σηλυβρίη),[5] was a town of ancient Thrace on the Propontis, 22 Roman miles east from Perinthus, and 44 Roman miles west from Constantinople,[6] near the southern end of the wall built by Anastasius I Dicorus for the protection of his capital.[7] Its site is located at Silivri in European Turkey.[8][9]

  1. ^ Demosthenes, de Rhod. lib., p. 198, ed. Reiske.
  2. ^ Xenophon. Anabasis. Vol. 7.2.15.
  3. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii p. 319. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.11.6.
  5. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 6.33.
  6. ^ Itin. Hier. p. 570, where it is called Salamembria.
  7. ^ Procopius, de Aed. 4.9.
  8. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  9. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.