Naulochon/Smyrna/Palaia Smyrna
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Rob Chavez, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, Francis Deblauwe, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Eric Kansa, Brady Kiesling, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, R. Talbert
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Oct 28, 2025 08:20 PM
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History
An ancient settlement located on the gulf of Smyrna, east of the town of Bayraklı (some 4 km north of Izmir, Turkey). Archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest Hellenic evidence dates to the eleventh or tenth centuries B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550771
38.4640406493, 27.1704424995
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Bayraklı Höyüğü (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Bayraklı (Bayrakli: Turkish, modern)
- Bayraklı (Turkish, 1750 BC - 500 BC)
- Izmir (unspecified date range)
- Izmīr (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- Naulochon (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Palaia Smyrna (30 BC - AD 300)
- Smyrna (750 BC - 330 BC)
- Σμύρνη (Smyrna: Ancient Greek, 1200 BC - AD 1450)
- Smyrnē (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Yazmīr (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- İzmir (Ottoman Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- İzmir (Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- Naulochon/Smyrna/Palaia Smyrna part of (regional) Ionia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Naulochon/Smyrna/Palaia Smyrna part of (regional) Šeḫa River Land (1750 BC - 1200 BC)
- Smyrna/Eurydikeia succeeds Naulochon/Smyrna/Palaia Smyrna (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 E5 Naulochon/Smyrna/Palaia Smyrna
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bayraklı
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, Jeffrey Becker, Rob Chavez, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, Francis Deblauwe, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Eric Kansa, Brady Kiesling, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, and R. Talbert, 'Naulochon/Smyrna/Palaia Smyrna: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550771> [accessed: 16 February 2026]
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