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Line 1: {{Short description\|Roman and Byzantine town in Bithynia}} '''Charax in Bithynia''' ({{lang-grc\|Χάραξ της Βιθυνίας}} or Χάρακας της Βιθυνίας) was a [[Roman Empire\|Roman]] and [[Byzantine]] port town of [[ancient Bithynia]], in what is now [[Turkey]]. It was on the north side of the [[Sinus Astacenus]] on the road between the erstwhile Eastern Roman and Byzantine capital [[Nicomedia]] and [[Libyssa]].<ref name=Barrington/> [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] calls it a place of great trade.<ref>{{Cite Stephanus\|''s.v.'' Χάραξ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DGRG\|title=Charax}}</ref> Its site is located near [[Hereke]], in [[Anatolia\|Asiatic Turkey]].<ref name=Barrington>{{Cite Barrington\|52}}</ref><ref name=DARE>{{Cite DARE\|36424}}</ref> ~~'''Charax in Bithynia''' was a [[Byzantine]] town in what is modern [[Turkey]].~~ It is 25 kilometres from the former Byzantine Capital [[Nicomedia]], between Nicomedia ({{lang-tr\|[[İzmit]]}}) and [[Helenopolis]] ({{lang-tr\|Hersek}}) in [[Bithynia]], [[Asia Minor]]. It is located on the southern side of the [[Gulf of Astacus]] ({{lang-tr\|İzmit Körfezi}}) and is a possible site for the death of [[Constantine the great]].<ref> Richard W. Burgess, Witold Witakowski, Continuatio antiochiensis Eusebii, Franz Steiner Verlag publishers,[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9R_CGC9wL9MC&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=Charax&source=bl&ots=DFP6MLSZZY&sig=gC5-LPyNixbT_C1dbM3YmtIDrjw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yzMWUbDgELGhiAeynIGYBA&ved=0CH0Q6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=Charax&f=false page 244].</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ~~{{Ancient settlements in Turkey}}~~ ~~[[Category:Archaeological~~{{Former ~~sites~~settlements in Turkey]]}} {{Authority control}} {{coords\|40.788976\|N\|29.613672\|E\|display=title\|format=dms\|source:http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/36424}} [[Category:Roman towns and cities in Turkey]] [[Category:Populated places in Bithynia]] [[Category:Archaeological sites in the Marmara Region]] [[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]] [[Category:History of Kocaeli Province]] [[Category:Populated places of the Byzantine Empire]] {{AncientBithynia-geo-stub}} {{Kocaeli-geo-stub}}