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Ionia (satrapy)
Region within the Achaemenid Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ionia, known in Old Persian as Yauna (𐎹𐎢𐎴),[1] was a region within the satrapy of Lydia, with its capital at Sardis, within the First Persian Empire. The first mention of the Yauna is at the Behistun inscription.[note 1]
Ionian soldier of the Achaemenid army, circa 480 BC. Xerxes I tomb relief.
Western part of the Achaemenid Empire, with Ionia, west of Sardis, circa 500 BC.