Naulochon
Naulochon (Ancient Greek: Ναύλοχον), also known as Palaea Smyrna or Palaia Smyrna (Παλαιά Σμύρνη; meaning 'Old Smyrna'), was a port town of ancient Aeolis, and the original Aeolian settlement of Smyrna.[1]
For the town in Ionia, see Naulochon (Ionia).
Its site is located in Bayraklı, Asiatic Turkey.[1][2]
According to community website Pleiades, archaeological evidence from Naulochon dates back to the eleventh or tenth centuries B.C.[3]
References
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- "Pleiades".
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