Camisene or Kamisene (Ancient Greek: Καμισηνή), also called Comisene, was a historical region of Anatolia. Strabo mentions Culupene or Calupene and Camisene as bordering on the Lesser Armenia, and he includes them within his reckoning of Pontus. Rock-salt was dug in these districts, and there was a strong place Camisa, which was ruined in Strabo's time.[1] In another place he says that the Halys River rises in Great Cappadocia, near Pontice, and in Camisene.[2] Camisa was on the road from Sebastia to Nicopolis, and 24 Roman miles from Sebastia (modern Sivas). The Camisene, then, is in the upper basin of the Halys or Kizilirmak.
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edit- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xii. p. 560. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 546. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Camisene". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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