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Submission to the Lydians in 560 B.C.

ASSOS (Ancient city) TURKEY

Submission to the Persians, 548 B.C.

Member of the Delian League, 479 B.C.

The Battle of Canakkale, I World War

CANAKKALE (Town) TURKEY

Gargara was founded by Assus

GARGARA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Hellanicus adds that Gargara was founded by Assus.

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD)
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Parium

PARION (Ancient city) TURKEY
Thasos was founded by the Parians, as also Parium, a city on the Propontis (Strab. 10.5.7).

Perseus: Strabo, Geography
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The naval batlle at Abydos, 411 B.C.

AVYDOS (Ancient city) MARMARA

Ainos founded by Alopeconnesians

ALOPEKONISSOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Near the outlet of the Hebrus, which has two mouths, lies the city Aenus, on the Melas Gulf; it was founded by Mitylenaeans and Cumaeans, though in still earlier times by Alopeconnesians.

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Milesians colonized Arisba

ARISVI (Ancient city) TURKEY
Anaximenes of Lampsacus says that the Milesians colonized the islands Icaros and Leros; and, near the Hellespont, Limnae in the Chersonesus, as also Abydus and Arisba and Paesus in Asia.
(Perseus Project - Strabo, Geography 14.1.6

Perseus: Strabo, Geography
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Milesians colonized Abydus

AVYDOS (Ancient city) MARMARA
Anaximenes of Lampsacus says that the Milesians colonized the islands Icaros and Leros; and, near the Hellespont, Limnae in the Chersonesus, as also Abydus and Arisba and Paesus in Asia.
(Perseus Project - Strabo, Geography 14.1.6

Perseus: Strabo, Geography
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Milesians colonized Limnae

LIMNES (Ancient city) TURKEY
Anaximenes of Lampsacus says that the Milesians colonized the islands Icaros and Leros; and, near the Hellespont, Limnae in the Chersonesus.
(Perseus Project - Strabo, Geography 14.1.6

Perseus: Strabo, Geography
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Milesians colonized Scepsis

SKIPSIS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Anaximenes of Lampsacus says that the Milesians colonized .. Scepsis

Perseus: Strabo, Geography
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Megas Alexandros paid honours to Achilleus

ASSOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
In Asso, Megas lexandros paid honours to his lovely hero Achilleus.

Submission to Rome, 133 B.C.

Aeolian from Methymna of Lesvos island

The acropolis of Assos was occupied in the Bronze Age, but first began to expand in the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. when Aeolian colonists from Methymna on Lesbos replaced the Carian inhabitants.

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