Charax

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Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to: * Aulus Claudius Charax, a 2nd-century AD Roman senator and historian * Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax, alternate name of Tralles, an ancient city in Lydia, Anatolia * Charax (Corsica), ancient site in Corsica * Charax (Lesser Armenia), ancient site in Lesser Armenia (now in Turkey) * Charax (Media Atropatene), ancient site in Media Atropatene (now in Iran) * Charax (Pontus), town of ancient Pontus (now in Turkey) * Charax (Thessaly), ancient site in Thessaly, Greece * Charax Alexandri, ancient site in Phrygia, Anatolia * Charax, Crimea, the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea * Charax Spasinu, an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf * Charax Sidae or Anthemusias, an ancient Mesopotamian town near Seleucia in Mesopotamia * Charax, Rhagiana, a Seleucid and Parthian city in the province of Rhagiana, in the area nearby modern-day Rey * Charax, Bithynia, an ancient Greek town in Turkey and possible location of the death of Constantine the Great * Cape Charax, or possibly Cape Lithinon, a promontory at the southernmost point of the island of Crete * Charax (fish), a genus of fish in the family Characidae

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