Caicus (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
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The modern Bakırçay river, a river of southwest Asia Minor that flows from the Temnos mountains to the Elaitic Gulf.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550491
39.1037468557, 27.3269903889
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Bakır basin (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Bakır Çayı (Bakir Cayi: Turkish, modern)
- Caicus (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Κάϊκος (Kaikos: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Caicus (river) part of (administrative) Attalid kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Caicus (river) flows into Elaitikos Sinus (unspecified date range)
- Caicus (river) bounds Lydia/Maionia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Caicus (river) connection Temnos (mountain) (unspecified date range)
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river, drainage
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 E3 Caicus fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bakır Çay
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Caicus (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550491> [accessed: 09 May 2026]
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