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Callipoli
Gelibolu · Gallipoli
Callipoli, today's Gelibolu, the Gallipoli that gave the whole peninsula its name, sat on a steep shore at the mouth of the Hellespont, facing Lampsacus across the strait; the map puts Lamasco beside it rather than across. The last letter has faded, but older copies still read Callipoli. Philip V of Macedon took it in 209 BC, and in 324 the Caesar Crispus beat the fleet of Licinius just south of it. Huns sacked it in 447; Justinian walled it strongly and built stores of grain and wine for the soldiers of the peninsula.