Cypsela (Thrace)
Cypsela or Kypsela (Ancient Greek: Κυψέλα or Κύψελα), was an ancient Greek[1] town on the river Hebrus in ancient Thrace, which was once an important place on the Via Egnatia.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Antiochus besieged Cypsela and its citizens surrendered and became allies with Antiochus.[8]
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References
- An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,Index
- Strabo. Geographica. pp. 322, 329. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.11.13.
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
- Ann. Comn. vii. p. 204; Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 31.16, 38.40-41.
- Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. 2.2.
- Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.18.
- Polyaenus, Strategems, § 4.16.1
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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