Peraia

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Peraia, and Peraea or Peræa (from

• the peraia of
  Bay of Adramyttium. It lost this territory to Athens after its failed rebellion in 427 BC against Athenian domination, but appears to have re-acquired a peraia by the mid-4th century BC.^[1]
• the
  Asia Minor between the 5th century BC and the 1st century BC. Originally comprising parts of coastal Caria, after the Treaty of Apamea this briefly expanded to cover most of Caria and Lycia.^[1]
• the peraia of Samos, which established control in ca. 700 BC over the opposite Asian coast from Marathesium to Trogilium and the town of Thebes at Mycale. Possession of the settlements of Carium and Dryussa on Mycale was disputed with Priene until the 2nd century BC, when it was settled through the arbitration of Rhodes.^[1]
• the peraia of
  Roman period.^[1]
• the peraia of
  Sigeum. It survived into the Roman period, but was very limited.^[1]
• the peraia of
  Macedonians took it over. In the 1st century BC, however, the Romans returned it to Thasos.^[1]
• the city of Myus was disputed as a peraia between Miletus and Magnesia on the Maeander.^[1]
• the Perachora peninsula in Greece, which took its name from its location across from Corinth.^[1]
• Perateia was used in the late Middle Ages for the Crimean possessions of the Empire of Trebizond.
• Herodian Kingdom, now in modern Jordan
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Sources

• Constantakopoulou, Christy (2007). "7. Beyond insularity: islands and their peraiai". The Dance of the Islands: Insularity, Networks, the Athenian Empire, and the Aegean World. Oxford University Press. pp. 228–253.
  ISBN 978-0-199215959
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