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- 1 2 Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ↑ Ramsay, William Mitchell (2010). The historical geography of Asia Minor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 237. ISBN 9781108014533.
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