Hamaxia (town)

Hamaxia (Ancient Greek: Ἁμαξία) was a town in the east of ancient Pamphylia or in the west of Cilicia.[1] It had a good roadstead for ships, and excellent cedars for ship-building.[2] Hamaxia is likely the same place as Anaxion or Anaxium or Amaxian (Ἁμαξίαν) mentioned by the Stadiasmus Maris Magni as being west of Coracesium.[3][4] Strabo reports that the town was one of the gifts of Mark Antony to Cleopatra.[5]

Its site is tentatively located near Sinekkalesi, in Asiatic Turkey.[6][7] There are archaeological remains, including walls and a gate.[4]

References

1. Strabo. Geographica. xiv. p. 669. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
2. Lucan 8.259.
3. Stadiasmus Maris Magni, § 208.
4. Lohmann, Hans. "Hamaxia". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
5. Strabo. Geographica. 14.5.3. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
6. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying.
7. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hamaxias". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.