Cerasus (near Trapezus)

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'''Cerasus''' or '''Kerasous''' () was a town of [[ancient Pontus]], on the [[Black Sea]] coast, a little to the west of [[Trapezus]].<ref name=Barrington/> The [[Ten Thousand]], in their retreat, came to [[Trapezus]], and leaving Trapezus, "they arrive on the third day at Cerasus, an Hellenic city on the sea, a colony of the [[Sinope]]is, in Colchis."<ref></ref> The Anonymous [[geographer of Ravenna]] places Cerasus 60 [[stadion (unit)|stadia]] east of [[Coralla]], and 90 west of [[Hieron Oros]], and on a river of the same name. The name, and possibly the population, of the town were translated to [[Pharnacia (Pontus)|Pharnacia]] in the [[Hellenistic era]].<ref></ref>

Its site is tentatively located near [[Gelida Kale]] in [[Anatolia|Asiatic Turkey]].<ref name=Barrington></ref><ref></ref>

==References==







[[Category:Populated places in ancient Pontus]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]
[[Category:History of Trabzon Province]]

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