Side (Caria)
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Ancient town in Caria
Side (Ancient Greek: Σίδη). also known as Sibde (Σίβδη), was a town of ancient Caria. According to Pliny the Elder, Alexander the Great united in Halicarnassus six cities by synoecism, including Side, next to Theangela, Medmasa, Uranium, Pedasa and Telmissus.[1] Strabo, however, points out that this synoecism would have been carried out earlier, during the reign of Mausolus (c. 370 BCE).[2]
Its site is tentatively located near Alazeytin, Turkey.[3]
References
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.107.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 13.1.59. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
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37°14′00″N 27°50′59″E / 37.2332356°N 27.8498358°E / 37.2332356; 27.8498358
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