Korasion
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Town of ancient Cilicia
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Korasion, also called Kalon Korakesion, was a town of ancient Cilicia, on the coast a little to the east of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, inhabited during the Roman and Byzantine eras.[1]
Its site is tentatively located near Susanoğlu in Asiatic Turkey.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
36°25′16″N 34°05′19″E / 36.4210275°N 34.0886905°E / 36.4210275; 34.0886905
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