Ampelus (Crete)

Ampelus (Latin) or Ampelos (Greek: Ἄμπελος, lit. "Vine") was a town in the southeast extremity of ancient Crete, on a cape of the same name.[1][2]

Its site is tentatively located near Farmakokefalo.[1][3]

References
  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.20.2.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

35°02′06″N 26°12′53″E


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