Naulochon
Port town in Aeolis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the town in Ionia, see Naulochon (Ionia).
Naulochon (Ancient Greek: Ναύλοχον), also known as Palaea Smyrna or Palaia Smyrna (Παλαιά Σμύρνη; meaning 'Old Smyrna'), was a port town of ancient Aeolis, and the original Aeolian settlement of Smyrna.[1]
Its site is located in Bayraklı, Asiatic Turkey.[1][2]
According to community website Pleiades, archaeological evidence from Naulochon dates back to the eleventh or tenth centuries B.C.[3]