Zaliche
Zaliche (Greek: Ζαλίχη) or Zaliches (Greek: ) was an ancient town in the late Roman province of Helenopontus. Name. "Zaliche" is the form given in the indices of the editions, produced by Peter Wesseling, and by B.G. Niebuhr It is the form given also in Anthon's "Classical Dictionary" On the other hand, the contributor (Leonhard Schmitz) of the entry on the town in William Smith's "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography" gives it the name "Zaliches". The "Annuaire historique" of the Société de l'histoire de France treats "Zaliches" instead as the genitive case of "Zaliche'. It appears that  the city was at some time also called Leontopolis, History. The manuscripts of the Synecdemus list among the seven cities of Helenopontus one called , which Peter Wesseling believes should be corrected to and suggests it indicates that the city was surrounded by forests (Latin, "saltus"), making the name equivalent to "Forest of Zaliche". At the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, a priest named Andronicus represented the Bishop John "Ζαλίχων", i.e., of Zaliche (Ζαλίχη, neuter plural). The priest is also called a priest Λεοντοπόλεως ἤτοι Ζαλίχου, an expression that treats "Leontopolis" as another name for the same town. Both Wesseling  and the contributor to Smith's "Geography" also believe that this is the Leontopolis spoken of in "Novella" 28 as one of the cities of Helenopontus. Bishopric. The town was the seat of an ancient bishopric and remains today a vacant titular see. The seat has been vacant since April 30, 1990. Site. Modern scholars place the town at Alaçam, Samsun Province, Turkey.