Side (Caria)

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Side (Ancient Greek: Σίδη). also known as Sibde (Σίβδη), was a town of ancient Caria. According to Pliny the Elder, Alexander the Great united in Halicarnassus six cities by synoecism, including Side, next to Theangela, Medmasa, Uranium, Pedasa, and Telmissus.[1] Strabo, however, points out that this synoecism would have been carried out earlier, during the reign of Mausolus (c.370 BCE).[2]

Its site is tentatively located near Alazeytin, Turkey.[3]

References

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  1. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Book 5.107.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 13.1.59. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

37°14′00″N 27°50′59″E / 37.2332356°N 27.8498358°E / 37.2332356; 27.8498358