Arisba
Arisba or Arisbe (
The army of Alexander the Great mustered here after crossing the Hellespont.[4] When the wandering Gauls passed over into Asia, on the invitation of Attalus I, they occupied Arisba, but were soon defeated, in 216 BCE, by Prusias I of Bithynia.[5] In Strabo's time, the place was almost forgotten.
There are coins of Arisbe from the Roman emperor Trajan's time (early 2nd century), and also autonomous coins.
Its site is tentatively located at Musakoy in Asiatic Turkey.[6][7]
References
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.837
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica Ἀρίσβη
- ^ Athenian Tribute Lists
- The Anabasis of Alexander1.12
- ^ Pol. 5.111
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: George Long (1854–1857). "Arisba". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. p. 214.
40°11′59″N 26°32′32″E / 40.199817°N 26.542314°E / 40.199817; 26.542314
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