| Limonlu Çayı Lamos, Lamus | |
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 Limonlu in the Kayacı valley | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mersin |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Yüğlük Dağı |
| • coordinates | 36°59′41″N33°49′12″E / 36.994641°N 33.819911°E /36.994641; 33.819911 |
| • elevation | c. 2,000 m (6,600 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | NearLimonlu on theMediterranean |
• coordinates | 36°33′27″N34°14′51″E / 36.55750°N 34.24750°E /36.55750; 34.24750 |
| Length | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Limonlu Çayı |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Lamas Çayı (or Susama Deresi) |
TheLimonlu River (Ancient Greek:ΛάμοςLamos;Latin:Lamus), also known asGökler Deresi, is a river of ancientCilicia, now inMersin Province,Turkey.
The river rises at Yüğlük Dağı in theTaurus Mountains and flows through deep gorges to the southwest until it reaches theMediterranean Sea atLimonlu (the ancientAntiochia Lamotis) in the district ofErdemli. About halfway along its course it is receives theSusama Deresi from the west as a tributary.
In the town of Limonlu, about 500 metres west of the river mouth on a flat hill on the right bank is the medieval castleLamos Kalesi [de]. Below the castle aLate Ottoman bridge crosses the river, probably on the site of an earlier Roman bridge. North of the town are the remains of anaqueduct, which carried water from the river west to the ancient towns ofElaiussa Sebaste andCorycus.
The ancient name of the river wasLamos (Λάμος, Latinised asLamus,Arabic: اللامس,al-Lāmis). The river formed the boundary between Rough Cilicia(Kilikia Tracheia) to the west and Flat Cilicia(Kilikia Pedias) to the east. At its mouth was the cityAntiochia Lamotis, earlierLamos, formerly the capital of the surrounding region, theLamotis.[1] Later it formed the eastern edge of theByzantinetheme ofSeleucia (Silifke), part of the border region of the empire known as theKleisoura. Thus, the river formed part of the empire's border with the IslamicCaliphate. During the 9th–10th centuries, the river was the site of severalArab–Byzantine prisoner exchanges. The first of these exchanges occurred in 797 or 805 in the reign of theCaliphHarun ar-Rashid and the Byzantine EmperorNicephorus I.[2] Within twelve days, 3700 Arabic prisoners were released. The final prisoner exchange took place in 946 underConstantine VII andAl-Muti. 2482 Muslim men and women were released, 230 were kept in captivity. Later exchanges took place elsewhere, since it subsequently belonged to the Byzantines.
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