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Pegae or Pegai (Ancient Greek: Πηγαί), also known as Crenides or Krenides (Κρενίδες), both words meaning springs in Greek, was a town of ancient Thrace, near Byzantium. Nearby was fought the Battle of Pegae in March of 921.

The site of Pegae is near the modern Kasımpaşa, in European Turkey.

References

  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 53, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.


41°02′08″N 28°57′55″E / 41.035504°N 28.965242°E / 41.035504; 28.965242


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