The Limonlu River ( Ancient Greek : Λάμος Lamos ; Latin : Lamus ), also known as Gökler Deresi , is a river of ancient Cilicia , now in Mersin Province , Turkey .
10-510: Lamos may refer to: Lamos (river) , a river in Cilicia, now called Limonlu Çayı in Mersin Province, Turkey Lamos (Cilicia) , a town of ancient Cilicia and Isauria, Turkey Lamos (city) , another ancient settlement and archaeological site in Cilicia, Turkey Lamos, a small river on the summit of Mount Helicon according to Pausanias Lamos,
20-585: A son fathered on Omphale by Heracles according to Diodorus Siculus and Ovid Lamos, a name associated with Telepylus, the city of the Laestrygonians , in the Odyssey LAMOS (League Aiming to Menace and Overthrow Spies), a villainous organization in the television series Totally Spies! See also [ edit ] Lamus (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-640: The Byzantine Empire , a kleisoura ( Greek : κλεισούρα , "enclosure, defile") was a term traditionally applied to a fortified mountain pass and the military district protecting it. By the late 7th century, it came to be applied to more extensive frontier districts, distinct from the larger themata , chiefly along the Empire's eastern border with the Caliphate along the line of the Taurus - Anti-Taurus mountains (in
40-615: The Taurus mountains and flows through deep gorges to the southwest until it reaches the Mediterranean Sea at Limonlu (the ancient Antiochia Lamotis ) in the district of Erdemli . About halfway along its course it is receives the Susama Deresi from the west as a tributary. In the town of Limonlu, about 500 metres west of the river mouth on a flat hill on the right bank is the Medieval castle Lamos Kalesi [ de ] . Below
50-511: The West , only Strymon was in its early days termed a kleisoura ). A kleisoura or kleisourarchia was an autonomous command, under a kleisourarches (Greek: κλεισουράρχης). Eventually, most kleisourai were raised to full themata , and the term fell out of use after the 10th century (in late Byzantine times, droungos had a similar meaning). Its Islamic counterpart in Cilicia and Mesopotamia
60-644: The 9th–10th centuries, the river was the site of several Arab–Byzantine prisoner exchanges . The first of these exchanges occurred in 797 or 805 in the reign of the Caliph Harun ar-Rashid and the Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I . Within twelve days, 3700 Arabic prisoners were released. The final prisoner exchange took place in 946 under Constantine VII and Al-Muti . 2482 Muslim men and women were released, 230 were kept in captivity. Later exchanges took place elsewhere, since it subsequently belonged to
70-565: The Byzantines. This geographical article about a location in Mersin Province , Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location in ancient Cilicia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kleisoura (Byzantine district) In
80-436: The castle a Late Ottoman bridge crosses the river, probably on the site of an earlier Roman bridge. North of the town are the remains of an aqueduct , which carried water from the river west to the ancient towns of Elaiussa Sebaste and Corycus . The ancient name of the river was Lamos ( Λάμος , Latinised as Lamus , Arabic : اللامس, al-Lāmis ). The river formed the boundary between Rough Cilicia (Kilikia Tracheia) to
90-544: The title Lamos . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lamos&oldid=1130515072 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Greek words and phrases Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lamos (river) The river rises at Yüğlük Dağı in
100-637: The west and Flat Cilicia (Kilikia Pedias) to the east. At its mouth was the city Antiochia Lamotis , earlier Lamos , formerly the capital of the surrounding region, the Lamotis . Later it formed the eastern edge of the Byzantine theme of Seleucia ( Silifke ), part of the border region of the empire known as the Kleisoura . Thus, the river formed part of the empire's border with the Islamic Caliphate . During
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