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Caenophrurium

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
41.233, 28.217
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: Roman settlement between Byzantium and Heraclea Perinthus

History

Caenophrurium was a settlement in the Roman province of Europa, between Byzantium and Heraclea Perinthus. It appears in late Roman and early Byzantine accounts. Caenophrurium translates as the "stronghold of the Caeni", a Thracian tribe.

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