Talk:Battle of the Caecus River

Notable name?

I haven't been able to find the use of this name "Battle of the Caecus River" in a any reliable source. For example see this Google search, so I doubt that this battle, under this name, is notable enough to have an article. Paul August ☎ 15:08, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi Paul, I named it like that for lack of a better name. I think the main reason for the cloudiness behind the name is the lack of contemporary sources referring to the battle. For your reference, this area is known by a few different names, you can click the Caecus River link and follow it to the modern name of the site. The battle is notable because it was the decisive tactical victory of its time with regards to Pergamon and the Gauls of that area. If anybody can bring more clarity to the name that would be nice, I agree. (see below)

Bakırçay (ancient name: Caicus, also Caecus; Greek: Καϊκός, transliterated as Kaïkos; formerly Astraeus) is the ancient name of a river of Asia Minor that rises in the Temnus mountains and flows through Lydia, Mysia, and Aeolis before it debouches into the Elatic Gulf. To the Hittites, it was the Seha river. The modern Turkish name of the river is Bakırçay (formerly the Aksu), and it is located in the Asian part of Turkey.

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