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Hellespontine Phrygia
Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire (525-321 BC) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hellespontine Phrygia (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλησποντιακὴ Φρυγία, romanized: Hellēspontiakē Phrygia) or Lesser Phrygia (Ancient Greek: μικρᾶ Φρυγία, romanized: mikra Phrygia) was a Persian satrapy (province) in northwestern Anatolia, directly southeast of the Hellespont.[1] Its capital was Dascylium, and for most of its existence it was ruled by the hereditary Persian Pharnacid dynasty.[2] Together with Greater Phrygia, it made up the administrative provinces of the wider Phrygia region.[3]
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Hellespontine Phrygia | |||||||
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Satrapy of the Persian Empire | |||||||
525 BC–321 BC | |||||||
![]() The location of Hellespontine Phrygia, and the provincial capital of Dascylium, in the Achaemenid Empire, c. 500 BC. | |||||||
Capital | Dascylium (modern-day Ergili, Bandırma, Balıkesir, Turkey) | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 525 BC | ||||||
• Disestablished | 321 BC | ||||||
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