Leucae (Greek:Λεῦκαι) orLeuce (Greek:Λεύκη) was a small town of ancientIonia, in the neighbourhood ofPhocaea. Leucae was situated, according toPliny inpromontorio quod insula fuit, or, "on an island promontory."[1] FromScylax we learn that it was a place with harbours. According toDiodorus, the Persian admiralTachos founded this town on an eminence on the sea coast, in 352 BCE; but shortly after, when Tachos had died, theClazomenians andCymaeans quarrelled about its possession, and the former succeeded by a stratagem in making themselves masters of it.[2] At a later time Leucae became remarkable for the battle fought in its neighbourhood between the consulPublius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus andAristonicus in 131 BCE.[3] Some have supposed this place to be identical with theLeuconium mentioned byThucydides;[4] but this is impossible, as this latter place must be looked for inChios. The site of the ancient Leucae is atÜçtepeler,İzmir Province,Turkey, some distance from the coast.[5] Coins were minted at Leucae in the 3rd century BCE.[5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Leucae".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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