Ampelus (Crete)

Ampelus (Latin) or Ampelos (Greek: Ἄμπελος, lit. "Vine") was a town in the southeast extremity of ancient Crete, on a cape of the same name.[1][2]

Its site is tentatively located near Farmakokefalo.[1][3]

References
  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.20.2.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

35°02′06″N 26°12′53″E


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