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Lydia c. 50 AD, with the main settlements and Greek colonies. Not to be confused with Lycians , another Anatolian people. The Lydians ( Greek : Λυδοί; known as Sparda to the Achaemenids , Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭 ) were an Anatolian people living in Lydia , a region in western Anatolia , who spoke the distinctive Lydian ...
Lydia (Ancient Greek: Λυδία, romanized: Ludía; Latin: Lȳdia) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire.
Articles relating to Lydia, an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor, located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provinces of Uşak, Manisa and inland İzmir. The language of its population, known as Lydian, was a member of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. Its capital was Sardis.
Maionia or Maeonia (Greek: Μαιονία), was a city of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine era located near the Hermos River, [1] in ancient Lydia.Both Ramsay and Talbert [2] tentatively identified the ancient polis with the modern village of Koula (Turkish for fortress) a village known for its carpet manufacture.
During the Byzantine period Lycia and Pamphylia came under the command of the Karabisianoi (the mainstay of the Byzantine navy from the mid-7th century until the early 8th century). After the Karabisianoi were disbanded (between c. 719/720 and c. 727) they became the Theme of the Cibyrrhaeots .
The Medean Empire turned out to be short lived (c. 625 – 549 BC). By 550 BC, the Median Empire of eastern Anatolia, which had existed for barely a hundred years, was suddenly torn apart by a Persian rebellion in 553 BC under Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great c. 600 BC or 576–530 BC), overthrowing his grandfather Astyages (585–550 BC) in 550 BC.
The town of Sala is identifiable with Kepecik in today's west Turkey, but in antiquity was an ancient episcopal see of the Roman province of Lydia in Asia Minor.It was part of the Patriarchate of Constantinople during Byzantine times and was suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sardis.
Tabala (Ancient Greek: Τάβαλα), was a Roman and Byzantine town and a Bishopric in ancient Lydia (now Turkey). Tabala was on the Hermus River , and minted its own coins . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was probably mentioned by Hierocles under the name of Gabala , [ 3 ] which is perhaps only miswritten for Tabala.