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Celaenae

Afyonkarahisar Province, Persian Empire

Celaenae or Kelainai (Greek: Κελαιναί) was an ancient city of Phrygia and capital of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia, near the source of the Maeander River in what is today west central Turkey (Dinar of Afyonkarahisar Province), and was situated on the great trade route to the East.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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