Herakleia

Herakleia (Greek Ηράκλεια, Latin Heraclea ; after the demigod Heracles) is

Name of ancient cities:

• Herakleia (Akarnanien) in Akarnanien on the south bank of the Ambracian Gulf
• Herakleia (Basilicata) on the Gulf of Taranto, the site of the Battle of Heraclea
• Herakleia (Gallia Narbonensis) in the Rhone Delta
• Herakleia Kybistra, see Ereğli (Konya) in Turkey
• Herakleia on Latmos in Caria
• Herakleia Lynkestis (Macedonia)
• Herakleia in Moesia inferior, later Axiopolis, today Cernavodă in Romania
• Herakleia Minoa on the south coast of Sicily
• Herakleia Perinthos, in Thrace, see Marmara Ereğlisi
• Herakleia Pontike (Heraclea Pontica) in Bithynia on the Black Sea coast
• Herakleia Salbake in eastern Caria, today Vakıf (Tavas) in Turkey
• Herakleia Sintike in Thracian Macedonia
• Herakleia (Sicily) at the foot of the Eryx in Sicily
• Herakleia Trachinia
• Heracleia in Veneto, see Eraclea

Name of two titular bishops:

• Titular diocese of Heraclea
• Titular Archbishopric of Heraclea in Europe

In ancient literature:

• Herakleia (Epic) , epic from the 6th century BC Chr.

See also:

• Iraklia (disambiguation) for modern places of the same name

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.