# Talaura

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**Talaura** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Τάλαυρα) or **Taulara**, was a mountain fortress in [Pontus](/source/Kingdom_of_Pontus) to which [Mithridates VI of Pontus](/source/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus) withdrew with his most precious treasures, which were afterwards found there by [Lucullus](/source/Lucullus). ([Dion Cass.](/source/Dio_Cassius) xxxv. 14; [Appian](/source/Appian), *Mithr.* 115.) As the place is not mentioned by other writers, some suppose it to have been the same as [Gaziura](/source/Gaziura), the modern [Turhal](/source/Turhal) which is perched upon a lofty isolated rock. (Hamilton, *Researches*, vol. i. p. 360.) The editors of *[Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World](/source/Barrington_Atlas_of_the_Greek_and_Roman_World)* equate Talaura with [Bayramtepe](/source/Bayramtepe) (formerly called Horoztepe).[1] The city also minted coins in antiquity.[2]

## References

1. [Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery: Taulara](https://asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=49)

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