Scylla (Thrace)

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'''Scylla''' or '''Scyllae'''<ref>''[[Tabula Peutingeriana]]''; [[Geographer of Ravenna|Geogr. Rav.]] 4.6, 5.12.</ref> was a town of [[ancient Thrace]], on the [[Euxine]], where the long wall, erected by the emperor [[Anastasius I Dicorus]] for the defence of [[Constantinople]], terminated. This wall commenced at [[Selymbria]], on the [[Propontis]], and was carried across the narrow part of Thrace, at the distance of about 40 miles from Constantinople, its length being 2 days' journey.<ref>[[Procopius]] ''de Aed.'' 4.9; Gibbon, Decline and Fall, 100.40.</ref>

Its site is located near [[Podima, Yalıköy]] in [[Eastern Thrace|European Turkey]].<ref name=Barrington></ref><ref></ref>

==References==







[[Category:Populated places in ancient Thrace]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]
[[Category:History of Kırklareli Province]]

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