Agora (Thrace)

Coordinates: 40°30′49″N 26°47′11″E / 40.513545°N 26.786353°E / 40.513545; 26.786353
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Agora (

Thracian Chersonese (called today Gallipoli peninsula), and not far from Cardia, in what is now European Turkey.[3]

It was a colony of

Xerxes, when invading Greece in 480 BCE, passed through it.[6]

Its site is tentatively located near modern Bolayır, Turkey.[1][2]

Tyrants

According to the Greek Historian Herodotus, Militiades the Elder was chosen by the Dolonci to be tyrant of Chersonesos. His most notable achievement was building a long wall to guard from invaders crossing the isthmus.[7] Following the death of Militiades the Elder, his maternal half brother, Stesagoras acquired power.[8]

Stesagoras only ruled for approximately three years (519 - 516 BCE), when he was struck in the head by an axe.

Darius I invaded in 493 BCE.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. .
  5. ^ Athenian Tribute Lists
  6. ^ Herodotus, The Histories, vii. 58; Stephanus of Byzantium, Etnica, s.v. "Agora"; Pseudo-Scylax, Periplus, 67 (PDF)
  7. ^ Herodotus. The Histories. 6.36.
  8. ^ a b Herodotus. The Histories. 6.38.
  9. ^ Herodotus. The Histories. 6.39.
  10. ^ Herodotus. The Histories. 6.43.

Sources

40°30′49″N 26°47′11″E / 40.513545°N 26.786353°E / 40.513545; 26.786353

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Agora". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.