Celaenae , ancient city of Asia Minor, in Phrygia, near the source of the Maeander River, in present-day W central Turkey. In the days of the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great had a palace there, and Xerxes I built a fort. Alexander the Great conquered the city in 333 BC Modern Dinar is on the site.
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Anatolian Retreat: Robin Waterfield, author of a new book on the Greek soldier Xenophon, explains how he came to retrace the steps of the soldier's famous journey to the Black Sea.(POINT OF DEPARTURE)
History Today; 9/1/2006; Waterfield, Robin; 1739 words;
... ancient Sardis), Denizli (Colossae), Dinar (Celaenae), Usak (Ceramon Agora), Cay (Cayster Field ... Tyriaeum), and Konya (Iconium). Manfredi's maps were always by my side, consulted at every ... have been easy to get lost. They had no maps, only more or less hostile guides. And ...
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