Canae

{{Short description|City in ancient Aeolis}}

{{distinguish|Cannae|Cana}}

{{Coord|39|2|N|26|48|E|region:TR_type:landmark|display=title}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox castrum

| name = Canae
Κάναι

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| events = Battle of Arginusae

| province = Asia

| nearby_water = Aegean Sea (Dikili Gulf)

| coordinates = {{coord|39|2|19|N|26|48|53|E|display=inline}}

| map = Turkey

| place_name = Kane Promontory (Cane)

| location_town = Bademli

| location_county = İzmir

| location_state = Dikili District

| location_country = Turkey

| discovery_year = 2015

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Canae {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|.|n|iː}} ({{langx|grc|Κάναι}}; {{langx|tr|Kane}}) was, in classical antiquity, a city in ancient Aeolis, on the island of Argennusa in the Aegean Sea off the modern Dikili Peninsula on the coast of modern-day Turkey, near the modern village of Bademli.{{cite news |last=Goldhill |first=Olivia |date=16 November 2015 |title=Researchers just unearthed a lost island in the Aegean |url=http://qz.com/551210/researchers-just-unearthed-a-lost-island-in-the-aegean/ |newspaper=Quartz |location=İzmir |access-date=21 November 2015 }}{{cite book |last=Hamel |first=Debra |date=21 May 2015 |title=The Battle of Arginusae: Victory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CfV0CQAAQBAJ |location=U.S.A. |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |page=48 |isbn=978-1-4214-1680-9}} Today Argennusa has joined the mainland as the Kane Promontory off the Dikili Peninsula. Canae is famous as the site of the Battle of Arginusae in 406 B.C.{{cite news |title=Lost ancient island found in the Aegean |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/lost-ancient-island-found-in-the-aegean.aspx?pageID=238&nid=91073 |newspaper=Hurriyet Daily News |location=İzmir |access-date=14 November 2015}}{{cite news |last=Crew |first=Bec |date=20 November 2015 |title=An entire ancient island has been rediscovered in the Aegean: Have we finally found the long-lost city of Kane? |url=http://www.sciencealert.com/an-entire-ancient-island-has-been-rediscovered-in-the-aegean |newspaper=Science Alert |location=İzmir |access-date=21 November 2015 }}

Canae is mentioned by the ancient writers Herodotus, Strabo, Pliny, Livy, Ptolemy, Sappho, Thucydides, and Mela.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Canae |encyclopedia=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |year=1878 |first=George |last=Long |editor=William Smith |publisher=John Murray |volume=I |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEtBAQAAMAAJ&q=Canae }}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Arginusae |encyclopedia=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |year=1878 |first=George |last=Long |editor=William Smith |publisher=John Murray |volume=I |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEtBAQAAMAAJ&q=Canae }}