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Chersonese (/ˈkɜːrsəniːs/) is a name that was
given to
several different places in
ancient times. The word is
derived from the Gr**** term for "peninsula"...
- The
Golden Chersonese or
Golden Khersonese (Ancient Gr****: Χρυσῆ Χερσόνησος, Chrysḗ Chersónēsos; Latin:
Chersonesus Aurea),
meaning the
Golden Peninsula...
- "On the
Chersonese" is a
political oration delivered by the
Athenian statesman and
orator Demosthenes in 341 BC. A
short time
later Demosthenes delivered...
- town of Gelibolu. In antiquity, the
peninsula was
known as the
Thracian Chersonese (Ancient Gr****: Θρακικὴ Χερσόνησος, romanized: Thrakiké Chersónesos; Latin:...
- the
colony was established. It
should not be
confused with the
Tauric Chersonese, a name
often applied to the
whole of the
southern Crimea.
During much...
-
Miltiades the
Elder left
Athens to
establish a
colony on the
Thracian Chersonese (now the
Gallipoli Peninsula),
setting himself up as a semi-autonomous...
- Cape Baba (Turkish: Baba Burnu) or Cape
Lecton (Ancient Gr****: Λεκτόν) is the
westernmost point of the
Turkish mainland,
making it the
westernmost point...
- and Zealand.
Before that,
according to Ptolemy,
Jutland or the
Cimbric Chersonese was the home of Teutons, Cimbri, and Charudes.[citation needed] Many Angles...
-
Demetrius I
Poliorcetes launched a
campaign of
raids in the
Thracian Chersonese in 300-299 BCE.
These raids,
directed against Lysimachus, were a last-ditch...
- Long Wall may also
refer to:
Anastasian Wall Long Wall on the
Thracian Chersonese Long Wall of China, more
commonly known as the
Great Wall Long Wall of...
