Carussa

Gerze district, Turkey

Carussa or Karoussa, also spelt as Carusa or Karousa (ῦ), also known as Polichnion, was a Greek trading place (emporium) on the Black Sea coast of ancient Paphlagonia, south of Sinope, and 150 stadia from it. It is also mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax as a Greek city; and by Pliny the Elder. It was a member of the Delian League as it appears in tribute lists of ancient Athens. It is located near Gerze in Asiatic Turkey.

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