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Adramyttion Ancient City

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Adramyttion Ancient City

Name: Adramyttion Ancient City
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Location: Balıkesir, Turkey

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1. Adramyttion Ancient City loop from Öğretmenler Mah.

5.26km

01:20

20m

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2. Adramyttion Ancient City loop from Ören Mah.

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03:22

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August 28, 2021

According to Stephanos Byzantios, Adramys, the brother of the Lydian king Kroisos, was the founder of the city. The city owed its importance to its exposed location, which allowed it to control both important sea and land routes, and the safe harbor. For centuries Adramyttion was important as a trading center for the products of the plains of Thebe and the forests of the Ida.

It can be assumed that the city played an important role in the Lydian Empire. Thus, before his accession to the throne, Kroisos was the city's archon. 422 BC The city was Hellenized by the admission of exiles from Delos, who had been driven out by the Athenians, with the permission of the Satrap of Daskyleion. That is why Adramyttion sometimes appears in the sources as the “Greek city”. At a time that cannot be precisely reconstructed, Athenians also settled the city (according to Strabo). 411 BC A massacre was carried out among the Greek population - especially the upper class - of the city under the leadership of Arsakes, a subordinate of the satrap Tissaphernes. Nevertheless, the Greek influence could not be suppressed. Adramyttion's constitution is one of those that Aristotle included in his collection.

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Adramyttion Ancient City

1. Adramyttion Ancient City loop from Öğretmenler Mah.

2. Adramyttion Ancient City loop from Ören Mah.

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