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Sardis (/ ˈ s ɑːr d ɪ s / SAR-diss) or Sardes (/ ˈ s ɑːr d iː s / SAR-deess; Lydian: 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣, romanized: Šfard; Ancient Greek: Σάρδεις, romanized: Sárdeis; Old Persian: Sparda) was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire.
Below is a list of ancient kingdoms in Anatolia. Anatolia ... which were merely city states, except those that profoundly affected history. ... Sardis: 1200-546 Luwia ...
The siege of Sardis (547/546 BC) was the last decisive conflict after the Battle of Thymbra, which was fought between the forces of Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus the Great, when Cyrus followed Croesus to his city, laid siege to it for 14 days and captured it.
It is attested as a bishopric since the Council of Ancyra in 314. [1] Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) undertook repairs to strengthen the city walls, that were being undermined by the nearby Skopas river (modern Aladağ Cayı). [1] In late antiquity, the city belonged to the province of Galatia Prima, and later to the Bucellarian Theme. [3]
The map of Achaemenid Empire and the section of the Royal Road noted by Herodotus. The Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt for trade by Darius the Great, the Achaemenid emperor, in the 5th century BC. [1]
The temple of Artemis in Sardis, capital of Lydia Tripolis on the Meander is an ancient Lydian city in Turkey. Büyük Menderes River also known as Maeander is a river in Lydia. Lydia is generally located east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provinces of Uşak , Manisa and inland Izmir .
The city was also a see in the province of Lydia, and remains a vacant and titular see to this day. [6] It is in the province of Sardis. Known Bishops. Andrew [7] (Council of Chalcedon) Elpidius of Satala banished after the Council of Constantinople [8] [9]
Lampsacus (/ ˈ l æ m s ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Λάμψακος, romanized: Lampsakos) was an ancient Greek city strategically located on the eastern side of the Hellespont in the northern Troad. [1] An inhabitant of Lampsacus was called a Lampsacene. The name has been transmitted in the nearby modern town of Lapseki.