Lamos (Cilicia)

This article covers the ancient site in western Chile. For the place of the same name in ancient times on the border between the rough and the plains Cilicia see under the modern name Limonlu

Lamos (Λάμος; Latin Lamus ) is an ancient city in the part of the "Rough Cilicia " ( Kilikia Tracheia ) on the south coast of Asia Minor , 10 km northeast of Antioch on the Kragos , 16 km south-east of Selinus, which is also partly attributed to Isauria . The place was on a ridge north of Adanda, about 15 km east of Gazipaşa on the Turkish south coast.

The place is documented as a polis during the Roman Empire and was fortified with a city wall during the time of Emperor Gallienus (foundation inscription). In late antiquity and in Byzantine times it was a bishopric. In the 12th century it is attested under the name of Lamaws as part of the Kingdom of Lesser Armenia .

Almost 200 kilometers further east on the Mediterranean coast was another place called Lamos with the Lamos Kalesi castle near today's Limonlu . The river Lamos , which flows there , is generally regarded as the border with the Cilicia plains .

literature

• Friedrich Hild , Hansgerd Hellenkemper : Kilikien and Isaurien . Vienna 1990 ( Tabula Imperii Byzantini , 5) p. 331.

Coordinates: 36 ° 14 ′ 26.2 ″  N , 32 ° 27 ′ 1.3 ″  E