Soanda

Soanda

Soanda

Fortified settlement of ancient Cappadocia

Soanda (Ancient Greek: Σόανδα), or Soandum or Soandon (Σόανδον), was a fortified settlement of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Roman times.[1][2][3] The same place seems to be alluded to by Frontinus, who calls it Suenda.[4]

Its site is tentatively located near Uşaklı Höyük (Kuşaklı Hüyük), Asiatic Turkey.[1][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 63, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. [2]
    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiv. p. 663. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. [3]
    Antonine Itinerary p. 202.
  4. [4]
    Frontinus, Strategemata, 3.2.9.
  5. [5]
    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). "Soanda". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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