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{{Short description|Town of ancient Mysia}}
'''Placia''' or '''Plakia''' or '''Placie''' or '''Plakie''' ({{langx|grc|Πλακίη}}), also known as '''Placa''' or '''Plaka''' or '''Place''' or '''Plake''' (Πλάκη),<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.''}}</ref> was a town of [[ancient Mysia]], on the coast of the [[Propontis]], at the foot of the [[Mysian Olympus]] east of [[Cyzicus]]. It was a [[Pelasgians|Pelasgian]] town; in this place and the neighbouring [[Scylace]], the Pelasgians, according to [[Herodotus]], had preserved their ancient language down to his time.<ref>{{Cite Herodotus|1.57}}</ref> The town is mentioned in the ''[[Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax]]'', and by [[Pomponius Mela]],<ref>{{Cite Mela|1.19}}</ref> [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]]<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.29.3 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, § 1.29.3]</ref> and [[Pliny the Elder]].<ref>{{Cite Pliny|5.40}}</ref>
Its site is tentatively located near [[Kurşunlu, Karacabey|Kurşunlu]], in [[Bursa Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref name=Barrington>{{Cite Barrington|52}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|31417}}</ref>
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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Mysia]]
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[[Category:Greek colonies in Mysia]]
[[Category:History of Bursa Province]]
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