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Virasia

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
40.615, 35.579
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Pontus, in modern-day Turkey

History

Virasia was a town in the west of ancient Pontus, inhabited in Byzantine times. According to the Tabula Peutingeriana it was on the road from Antoniopolis through Anadynata to Amasia, 16 M.P. from the latter.

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