Zaliches

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Zaliches (Greek: Ζαλίχης) or Zaliscus or Zalecus or Leontopolis, was an ancient town in the interior of Paphlagonia, or what, at a late period, was called Hellenopontus, probably near some mountain forest, as Hierocles (p. 701) calls it Σάλτος Ζαλίχης (Novell. 28; Cone. Nicaen. ii. p. 355, where a bishop of Zaliches is mentioned.) Modern scolars place the town at Alaçam, Samsun Province, Turkey.

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).
• Zaliches at GEOnet Names Server