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- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ↑ Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, Travels in Lycia, & Important papers in the Journals of the Geological & Geographical Societies (1847), vol. ii. p. 291.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Arsada". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.
