Lasthenes
İstanbul · Archaeological site
Catalogue label
- Type
- Ancient city
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Istanbul
- Elevation
- 9 m
- Wikidata
- Q65051254
About
Lasthenes (Ancient Greek: Λασθένης) or Leosthenes (Λεωσθένης) or Leosthenion (Λεωσθένιον) or Leostheneion (Λεωσθένειον) or Sosthenion (Σωσθένιον) was a town of ancient Thrace, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. Pliny the Elder records the name as Casthenes, which is generally taken to be a corruption of Lasthenes or Leosthenes.
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Location
Visiting here? The next 5 places nearby
The best-known places close by, in the shortest order from Lasthenes: about 19 km and 45 min of travel, plus roughly 5 h for the visits.
2.5 km · 2 min by car
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