Caron Portus

CARON PORTUS

CARON PORTUS (Καρῶν λιμήν), a port town in Moesia, on the coast of the Euxine, in a district called Caria or Cariae, and to the SE. of the modern town of Gülgrad. (Mela, 2.2; Arrian, Peripl. p. 24; Anonym. Peripl. p. 13.) As to the probability of Carians having established colonies in those parts, see Raoul-Rochette, Hist. des Colon. vol. 3. p. 318.

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