Selinus (Cilicia)

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Selinus or Selinous (Ancient Greek: Σελινούς, romanized: Selinous; Latin: Selinus; Neo-Babylonian Akkadian: 𒌷𒊓𒀠𒇻𒉌𒂊, romanized: ālu Sallunê^[1]^[2]^[3]) was a port-town on the west coast of Rough Cilicia^[4] and later of Isauria, at the mouth of a small river of the same name, now called Musa Çay.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] It is located west of the modern city of Gazipaşa in Turkey.^[10]^[11]

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^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.