Achaiion or Achaeïum or Achaeum ( grc, Ἀχαίιον) was a town in the
Tenedian Peraia of the
ancient Troad
The Troad ( or ; el, Τρωάδα, ''Troáda'') or Troas (; grc, Τρῳάς, ''Trōiás'' or , ''Trōïás'') is a historical region in northwestern Anatolia. It corresponds with the Biga Peninsula ( Turkish: ''Biga Yarımadası'') in the ...
. The legend (''ACH'') which some bronze coins found in this region bear is thought to refer to by
Louis Robert, but others attribute the coins to
Achilleion.
Its site is located near
Hantepe,
Asiatic Turkey.
References
Populated places in ancient Troad
Former populated places in Turkey
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