Calpe (Bithynia)

Calpe (Ancient Greek: Κάλπη, romanized: Kalpē), also Kalpas or Calpas,[1] was a port city of ancient Bithynia in Asia Minor,[2] on the shore of the Black Sea.

It was located not far from the mouth of the river Calpas (modern Ilaflı Dere).

[4] Xenophon, who passed through the place on his retreat with the Ten Thousand, describes it as about halfway between Byzantium and Heraclea Pontica on a promontory, part which projects into the sea is an abrupt precipice.

The port is under the rock to the west, and has a beach; and close to the sea there is a source of fresh water.

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