Arisba
Arisba or Arisbe (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίσβη; Eth. Ἀρισβαίος), was a town of Mysia. Its site is tentatively located at Musakoy in Asiatic Turkey.[1][2]
History
[edit | edit source]Late Bronze Age
[edit | edit source]At the end of the Late Bronze Age, in connection with the Trojan War, it was mentioned by Homer in the same line with Sestos and Abydus.[3]
Iron Age
[edit | edit source]It was between Percote and Abydus,[4] a colony of Mytilene, founded by Scamandrius and Ascanius, son of Aeneas. It was a member of the Delian League.[5]
Classical Age
[edit | edit source]Hellenistic period
[edit | edit source]The army of Alexander the Great mustered here after crossing the Hellespont.[6] 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.[7] In Strabo's time, the place was almost forgotten.
Roman period
[edit | edit source]There are coins of Arisbe from the Roman emperor Trajan's time (early 2nd century), and also autonomous coins.
References
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- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.837
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica Ἀρίσβη
- ^ Athenian Tribute Lists
- ^ Arrian, The Anabasis of Alexander 1.12
- ^ Pol. 5.111
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