Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to:
* Charax, alternate name of
Acharaca
Acharaca ( grc, Ἀχάρακα) was a village of ancient Lydia, Anatolia on the road from Tralles (modern Aydın, Turkey) to Nysa on the Maeander, with a Ploutonion or a temple of Pluto, and a cave, named Charonium ( grc, Χαρώνειον άν ...
, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of
Charakipolis
Charax ( grc, Χάραξ), or Charakipolis, was a town of ancient Lydia, inhabited during Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of
Tralles, an ancient city in Lydia, Anatolia
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Charax (Corsica) Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to:
* Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Tralles, an ancient city in ...
, ancient site in Corsica
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Charax (Lesser Armenia)
Charax ( grc, Χάραξ) was an ancient fortress in Aetulane, Lesser Armenia
Lesser Armenia ( hy, Փոքր Հայք, ''Pokr Hayk''; la, Armenia Minor, Greek: Mikre Armenia, Μικρή Αρμενία), also known as Armenia Minor and Armenia ...
, ancient site in Lesser Armenia (now in Turkey)
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Charax (Media Atropatene) Charax ( grc, Χάραξ) was an ancient place of the Cadusii people, in Cadusia, Media Atropatene on the Caspian Sea, north of Cyropolis
Cyropolis (Old Persian: ; Ancient Greek: ( and , literally "the city of Cyrus") was an ancient city fou ...
, ancient site in Media Atropatene (now in Iran)
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Charax (Pontus) Charax ( grc, Χάραξ) was a town of ancient Pontus
Pontus or Pontos (; el, Πόντος, translit=Póntos, "Sea") is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in the modern-day eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The name wa ...
, town of ancient Pontus (now in Turkey)
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Charax (Thessaly) Charax ( grc, Χάραξ) was a fortress town of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly, on the left bank of the Peneus, at the entrance of the Vale of Tempe
The Vale of Tempe ( el, Κοιλάδα των Τεμπών) is a gorge in the Tempi municipality ...
, ancient site in Thessaly, Greece
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Charax Alexandri Charax Alexandri ( grc, Χάραξ Αλεξάνδρου) was a place in ancient Phrygia, near Celaenae, which was famed as a camp of Alexander the Great during his progress through Asia Minor
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anat ...
, ancient site in Phrygia, Anatolia
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Charax, Crimea
Charax ( grc, Χάραξ, gen.: Χάρακος) is the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea. It was sited on a four-hectare area at the western ridge of Ai-Todor, close to the modern tourist attraction of Swallow's Nest.
The ...
, the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea
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Charax Spasinu
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, an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf
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Charax Sidae Anthemusias (Greek: Ανθεμουσιάς) or Charax Sidae was an ancient Mesopotamian town, according to Pliny and Strabo. Isidore of Charax says that it was 8 schoeni from Apamea near the Euphrates on the road to Seleucia, and Ptolemy places ...
or Anthemusias, an ancient Mesopotamian town Seleucia in Mesopotamia
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Charax, Rhagiana Charax (; grc, Χάραξ) was a Seleucid and Parthian town located in the province of Rhagiana, near the city of Rhaga (present-day Rey). According to its Greek name, which translates as "palisade", Charax was a fortified town. Founded by the Se ...
, a Seleucid and Parthian city in the province of Rhagiana, in the area nearby modern-day Rey
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Charax, Bithynia
Charax in Bithynia ( grc, Χάραξ της Βιθυνίας or Χάρακας της Βιθυνίας) was a 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 betw ...
, an ancient Greek town in Turkey and possible location of the death of Constantine the Great
* Cape Charax, or possibly
Cape Lithinon, a promontory at the southernmost point of the island of Crete
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''Charax'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Characidae
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