Pteria (Cappadocia)

Coordinates: 39°44′54″N 35°03′56″E / 39.74827°N 35.06565°E / 39.74827; 35.06565
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The ruins of Pteria from the book "History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria (1903)"

Pteria (

Ancient Greek: Πτερία) was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Battle of Pteria, an undecided battle between Cyrus the Great and Croesus.[1]

Pterium, which he calls a town of the Medes, and Pteria, a town in the territory of Sinope.[2]

Its site is located near

Kerkenes Dağ, Asiatic Turkey.[3][4]

External links

  • The Histories of Herodotus By Herodotus, Henry Cary
  • 2002 Times Online report on possible site find
  • "Pteria" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.

References

  1. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.76.
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Πτέριον.
  3. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9
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  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Attribution

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

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