Cretopolis or Kretopolis ( grc, Κρητόπολις
or Κρητῶν πόλις
) was a town of
ancient Pisidia,
Lycia, or
Pamphylia, according to various ancient writers. Historians of the
Wars of the Diadochi, such as
Diodorus, place it in Pisidia.
Ptolemy places Cretopolis in the part of
Cabalia, which he attaches to Pamphylia.
[ ]Polybius
Polybius (; grc-gre, Πολύβιος, ; ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , which covered the period of 264–146 BC and the Punic Wars in detail.
Polybius is important for his analysis of the mixed ...
places it in the Milyas, Lycia.[ The site is unknown. The Battle of Cretopolis was fought nearby in 319 BC.
Its site is located at Buğdüz, near Yüreğil in Asiatic Turkey.]
References
Populated places in Pisidia
Former populated places in Turkey
History of Burdur Province
Populated places in ancient Lycia
Populated places in ancient Pamphylia
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