Lillium

Populated place in Bithynia

Lillium or Lillion (Ancient Greek: Λίλλιον), or Lileon or Lileum (Λιλεόν), or Lilaeus or Lilaios (Λίλαιος), was a commercial town (emporium) on the Black Sea coast of ancient Bithynia, 40 stadia to the east of Dia.^[1]^[2] It is possible that the place may have derived its name from the Lilaeus, which Pliny the Elder mentions among the rivers of Bithynia.^[3]

Its site is located east of Akçakoca in Asiatic Turkey.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Arrian. Periplus Ponti Euxini. Vol. p. 13.
^ Anon. Peripl. R. E., p. 3.
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.43.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Lillium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.