Ergasteria (Ancient Greek: Ἐργαστήρια) was an inland town of ancient Mysia on the road from Pergamum to Cyzicus, 440 stadia from Pergamum. It was noted by Galen as near a source of a metallic substance he called molybdaena. It was also known for silver mining in antiquity.
Its site is located near Balya Maden in Asiatic Turkey.
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The closest 8 places around Ergasteria; sorted without regard to province borders.
Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.
Cyzicus
Cyzicus was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey.
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Zeleia
Zeleia and Zele was a town of the ancient Troad, at the foot of Mount Ida and on the banks of the river Aesepus (both located in Turkey), at a…
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Antandrus
Antandrus or Antandros was an ancient Greek city on the north side of the Gulf of Adramyttium in the Troad region of Anatolia.
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Lyrnessus
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Dascylium
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