Athenae (Pontus)
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.181, 40.889
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Pontus in modern-day Turkey
History
Athenae or Athenai was a city and port of ancient Pontus, with a Greek temple of Athena. According to Arrian, it was 180 stadia east of the river Adienus, and 280 stadia west of Apsarus.