Gadilon ( grc, Γαδιλών), also known as Gazelon (Γαζηλών), and possibly Helega,
[ was a town in the north-west of ]ancient Pontus
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, in a fertile plain between the Halys River Halys may refer to:
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and Amisus. From this town the whole district received the name of ''Gadilonitis'', which is probably the right form, which must, perhaps, be restored in two passages of Strabo
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, in one of which the common reading is ''Galaouitis'' (Γαλαουῖτις), and in the other ''Gazelotos'' (Γαζηλωτός). It was the site of a battle between the Umayyads Umayyads may refer to:
*Umayyad dynasty, a Muslim ruling family of the Caliphate (661–750) and in Spain (756–1031)
*Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)
:*Emirate of Córdoba (756–929)
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, led by Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Walid
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, and Byzantines in 713.
Its site is located near Bafra in Asiatic Turkey.
References
Populated places in ancient Pontus
Former populated places in Turkey
History of Samsun Province
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