Zaliches
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Zaliches or Zaliscus or Zalecus or Leontopolis, was an ancient town in the interior of Paphlagonia
, or what, at a late period, was called Hellenopontus, probably near some mountain forest, as Hierocles
(p. 701) calls it (Novell. 28; Cone. Nicaen. ii. p. 355, where a bishop of Zaliches is mentioned.) Modern scholars place the town at Alaçam
, Samsun Province
, Turkey
.
Paphlagonia
Paphlagonia was an ancient area on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus to the east, and separated from Phrygia by a prolongation to the east of the Bithynian Olympus...
, or what, at a late period, was called Hellenopontus, probably near some mountain forest, as Hierocles
Hierocles (author of Synecdemus)
Hierocles or Hierokles was a Byzantine geographer of the sixth century and the attributed author of the Synecdemus or Synekdemos, which contains a table of administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire and lists of the cities of each...
(p. 701) calls it (Novell. 28; Cone. Nicaen. ii. p. 355, where a bishop of Zaliches is mentioned.) Modern scholars place the town at Alaçam
Alaçam
Alaçam is a central town of Alaçam district of Samsun Province of Turkey. Scholars believe that Alaçam is the site of the ancient city of Zaliches.-History:The town has a very old history...
, Samsun Province
Samsun Province
Samsun Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,252,693 . Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasya on the south, Tokat on the southeast, and Ordu on the east...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
.