Talaura

Talaura

Talaura (Greek: polytonic|Τάλαυρα) or Taulara, was a mountain fortress in Pontus to which Mithridates VI of Pontus withdrew with his most precious treasures, which were afterwards found there by Lucullus. (Dion Cass. xxxv. 14; Appian, "Mithr." 115.) As the place is not mentioned by other writers, some suppose it to have been the same as Gaziura, the modern Turhal which is perched upon a lofty isolated rock. (Hamilton, "Researches", vol. i. p. 360.) The editors of "Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World" equate Talaura with Bayramtepe (formerly called Horoztepe). [Barrington|87 & notes] The city also minted coins in antiquity. [ [http://asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=49 Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery: Taulara] ]

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