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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Carissa (Galatia)

Carissa (Ancient Greek: Κάρισσα), also called Garsi, was a town of the Trocmi in ancient Galatia, Anatolia, located between Etonea and Amasya. It was inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.

Its site is located near Elvan Çelebi, Asiatic Turkey.

References

  1. ^ Hazlitt's Classical Gazetteer Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.4.7.
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 87, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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