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Sykai

Coordinates: 41°01′23″N 28°58′23″E / 41.023019°N 28.972982°E / 41.023019; 28.972982
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For the town of ancient Cilicia, see Syca.

Sycae (Greek: Συκαί), later known as Justinianae (Ίουστινιάναι) and Justinianopolis (Ίουστινιανούπολις) , was a town of ancient Thrace, a suburb of Byzantium-Constantinople, that was inhabited during the Roman and Byzantine empires.[1][2]

Its site is located near the neighborhood of Galata in Karaköy, East Thrace (European Turkey).[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 53, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ "Galata (Pera)". The Byzantine Legacy. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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