Timolaeum

Town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Paphlagonia

Timolaeum or Timolaion (Ancient Greek: Τιμολαῖον) was a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Paphlagonia, at a distance of 40 or 60 stadia north of Climax and 100 to 150 stadia from Cape Carambis (modern Kerempe Burnu).^[1]

It is located near Çayyaka [tr] in Asiatic Turkey.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Marcian of Heraclea, Periplus, p. 71; Anon. Peripl. P. E., p. 6.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Timolaeum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.