Cilician Gates

The only way through this barrier was an infamous pass known as the Cilician Gates, a narrow defile barely wide enough for a handful of men to march side by side.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

The only way through this barrier was an infamous pass known as the Cilician Gates, a narrow defile barely wide enough for a handful of men to march side by side.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

The only way through this barrier was an infamous pass known as the Cilician Gates, a narrow defile barely wide enough for a handful of men to march side by side.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

On this journey no one walked, for the way lay through the mountain pass called the Cilician Gates, and it was steep and hard.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Tarsus was also the center of a large transport trade; for behind the town a famous pass, called the Cilician Gates, led up through the mountains to the central countries of Asia Minor; and Tarsus was the depot to which the products of these countries were brought down, to be distributed over the East and the West.

The Life of St. Paul James Stalker 1887

In his eagerness to set fire to the countryside, he posted only a small guard to hold the Cilician Gates.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

In his eagerness to set fire to the countryside, he posted only a small guard to hold the Cilician Gates.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

In his eagerness to set fire to the countryside, he posted only a small guard to hold the Cilician Gates.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

It was at the Cilician Gates that Ventidius expected to catch up with Quintus Labienus.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

You may carry a message from me to Antonius—tell him that we beat an army of Parthian cataphracts at the Cilician Gates, and have Labienus on the run.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007