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Coordinates: 38°35′46″N 29°23′05″E / 38.596028°N 29.384641°E / 38.596028; 29.384641
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Kaualena (Ancient Greek: Καυαληνοί)[1] was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited in Roman and Byzantine times.[2] Its name does not occur in ancient authors, but is inferred from epigraphic and other evidence.[2]

Its site is near Elmacık in Asiatic Turkey.[2][3]

The people of Kaualena were called Καβαληνεῖς.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Belke, Klaus; Mersich, Norbert; Hunger, Herbert (1990). Tabula Imperii Byzantini. Wien: Verl. der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 284. ISBN 3700116985.
  2. ^ a b c Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

38°35′46″N 29°23′05″E / 38.596028°N 29.384641°E / 38.596028; 29.384641


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