Perinthus, also known as Heraclea, was an ancient city of Thrace on the Propontis, near what is now Marmara Ereglisi in Turkey. According to John Tzetzes it had earlier been called Mygdonia, and it lay about 35 kilometers west of Selymbria and 90 kilometers west of Byzantium, built on the slope of a hill like an amphitheatre.
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Founding Year Founding Year Sources
1. Wikipedia (Turkish): Perinthos
Wikipedia (Turkish)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
MÖ 600 yılında Samoslu koloniciler tarafından kurulduğu sanılmaktadır.
2. Perinthus (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.97089, longitude 27.95454
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the SourceWikidata: Perinthus
Wikidata Q11815679, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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