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Gergitha
Gergitha or Gergetha, also known as Gergina and Gergithus, Gergithium or Gergithion, was a town in ancient Lydia, near Stratonicea, at the sources of the Caicus River…
Gergitha (Ancient Greek: Γέργιθα) or Gergetha (Ancient Greek: Γέργεθα), also known as Gergina (Ancient Greek: Γέργινα) and Gergithus, Gergithium or Gergithion, was a town in ancient Lydia, near Stratonicea, at the sources of the Caicus River, said to have been peopled by the inhabitants of Gergis in the Troad by King Attalus of Pergamus.
Cephalon (Ancient Greek: Κεφάλων) of Gergitha, was an ancient writer.
Its site is tentatively located near Yirca, Asiatic Turkey.
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The closest 8 places around Gergitha; sorted without regard to province borders.
Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.
Thyatira
Thyateira was the name of an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, now the modern Turkish city of Akhisar ("white castle"), Manisa Province.
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Magnesia ad Sipylum
Magnesia ad Sipylum was a city of Lydia, situated about 65 km northeast of Smyrna (now İzmir) on the river Hermus (now Gediz) at the foot of Mount…
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Stratonicea
Stratonicea – also transliterated as Stratoniceia and Stratonikeia, earlier Indi, and later for a time Hadrianapolis – was an ancient city in the…
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Sidas
Setae, Setai, Settae, Settai, Saettae, Saittai, or Saittae, was a town of ancient Lydia, located at Sidas Kaleh in Modern Turkey.
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