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SALI (ALE), Ancient city, EVROS


Information on the area


Information about the place (3)

Present location

It is located to the north of the excavated Roman tombs, which are situated to the south of the city of Alexandroupolis.

Local government WebPages

Sali

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Greek & Roman Geography (ed. William Smith)

Sale

Sale a town on the S. coast of Thrace, near the W. mouth of the Hebrus, and nearly equidistant from Zone and Doriscus. It is mentioned by Herodotus (vii. 59) as a Samothracian colony.

Ancient literary sources (1)

Herodotus

Sane

All the ships had now arrived at Doriscus, and the captains at Xerxes' command brought them to the beach near Doriscus, where stands the Samothracian city of Sane, and Zone; at the end is Serreum, a well-known headland. This country was in former days possessed by the Cicones.

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