Ballicaoluk
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 12, 2026 09:58 PM
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History
Fortified site constructed on hill on the eastern slope of Nif Mountain in Turkey's İzmir province. The primary structures at the site were likely constructed during the Hellenistic period, though it contained remains indicating earlier use in the Geometric-Archaic periods and through the Byzantine period.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/818747000
38.3366714, 27.3754484
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ballicaoluk (850 BC - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ballicaoluk located at Nif/Olympos? (mountain) (unspecified date range)
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settlement (fortified), castle
- See Further:
Pleiades
Gabriel Mckee, and Tom Elliott, 'Ballicaoluk: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/818747000> [accessed: 19 May 2026]
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