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Amanikai Pylai — by T. Sinclair — last modified Aug 15, 2024 03:11 PM

A mountain pass that is located on the border between Osmaniye and Gaziantep provinces in south-central Turkey. The pass played an important role in the Battle of Issus, 333 B.C.

Caspiae Portae? — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Apr 12, 2021 02:41 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 92 H1 Caspiae Portae?

Kilikiai Pylai — by S. Mitchell — last modified Aug 30, 2020 04:03 PM

The Cilician Gates, a pass through the Taurus Mountains connecting Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the gorge of the Gökoluk River.

Kilikiai Pylai — by T. Sinclair — last modified Sep 10, 2020 12:18 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 67 C3 Kilikiai Pylai

Persides?/Susidae? Pylae — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Oct 20, 2012 07:01 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 94 B3 Persides?/Susidae? Pylae

Syriai Pylai — by T. Sinclair — last modified Apr 12, 2021 07:05 PM

Syriai Pylai (Belen Pass) is a narrow pass through the Nur Mountains. This may be the location at which Alexander the Great pursued Achaemenid King Darius III after the Battle of Issus.

Thermopylae — by J. Fossey — last modified Dec 19, 2023 03:06 PM

Thermopylae is the name of a narrow pass leading from Thessaly into Locris. It was the site of a pivotal battle during the Graeco-Persian wars in 480 BC.

Tripolis — by J.P. Brown — last modified Dec 30, 2023 10:50 AM

The Phoenicians established a commercial outpost at Tripolis (Tripoli) in the ninth century BC. An independent city during the Hellenistic period, Tripolis came under Roman control in 64 BC.