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Korasion, also called Kalon Korakesion, was a town of ancient Cilicia, on the coast a little to the east of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, inhabited during the Roman and Byzantine eras. [1]

Its site is tentatively located near Susanoğlu in Asiatic Turkey. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Coordinates: 36°25′16″N34°05′19″E / 36.4210275°N 34.0886905°E / 36.4210275; 34.0886905