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West Anatolia (Lampsacus (colonized from Phocaea and Miletus, In the 6th…
West Anatolia
Lampsacus
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In the 6th century BC Lampsacus was attacked by Miltiades the Elder and Stesagoras, the Athenian tyrants.
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successively dominated by Lydia, Persia, Athens, and Sparta.
The city, which became the site of one of Alexander’s mints, seems to have been prosperous, as indicated by the high tribute paid to the Delian League.
Cyzicus
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The city was said to have been founded by Pelasgians from Thessaly, according to tradition at the coming of the Argonauts; later it received many colonies from Miletus, allegedly in 756 BC, but its importance began only after the Peloponnesian War, when the decay of Athens and Miletus set in.
In the naval Battle of Cyzicus in 410 during the Peloponnesian War, an Athenian fleet routed and completely destroyed a Spartan fleet.
Abydos
Probably originally a Thracian town, it was colonized about 670 BC by the Milesians.
Abydos is celebrated for its vigorous resistance to Philip V of Macedon (200 BC) and for the legend of Hero and Leander.
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Teos
Protagoras the sophist, Scythinus the poet, Andron the geographer, Antimachus the epic poet and Apellicon
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Clazomenae
It became part of the Ionian Dodecapolis and was well known for its painted terra-cotta sarcophagi (6th century BC).
Its inhabitants, alarmed by Persian encroachments, moved the city to an island 400 yards from the coast. Alexander the Great built a pier to connect the island to the mainland.
Erythrae
About 453 BC Erythrae, refusing to pay tribute, seceded from the Delian League. A garrison and a new government restored the union, but late in the Peloponnesian War (412 BC) it revolted again with Chios and Clazomenae.
noted for its wine, goats, timber, and millstones, as well as its prophetic sibyls, Herophile and Athenais.
Cyme
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The city was assessed in the Delian Confederacy at the very high figure of nine talents and is called by Strabo the biggest and best of the Aeolian cities. Kebren & Side are said to have been her colonies.
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Dardanus
A son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra,mythical founder of Dardania on the Hellespont.
The town that Strabo knew was a colony of Aeolians and was distinct from the by then vanished Dardanus or Dardania presented in the Iliad as situated at the foot of Mount Ida and reputed to be named after Dardanus, who founded it earlier than the founding of Ilium.
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Priene
Never held a great deal of political importance due to the city's size, as it is believed around 4 to 5k inhabitants occupied the region.
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Colophon
ruled by a timocracy (government based on wealth) and was famous for its cavalry, its luxury, and its production of rosin.
Notium
The Battle of Notium in 406 BC, was a Spartan naval victory in the Peloponnesian War.
Lebedus
became a flourishing city thanks to its commerce, and was famous for its mineral springs
Phocaea
A newly occupied Phocaea joined the Ionian Insurrection against Persia; note after the Persian Wars, the city became a member of the Athenian alliance, the Delian League. Thucydides mentions that in 412, the city revolted and left the Delian League.
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Antandrus
During the Peloponnesian War, exiles from Lesbos captured the city, used it as base to recapture Mytilene, but were expelled by the Athenians, who garrisoned the place.
Adramyttium
The turning point in the history of the city was the year 422 BCE. In this time the inhabitants of the island of Delos settled in the city, expelled by the Athenians from their homeland.
Atarneus
The seat of government of Hermias of Atarneus, a friend of Aristotle, ruling over the area from Atarneus to Assos. The city was deserted by inhabitants in the 1st century BCE, possibly following an outbreak of an unknown epidemic.
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