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Magnesia on the Maeander

Magnesia on the Maeander
Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ (Ancient Greek)
Магнесия на Меандре. Пропилеи.jpg
The Propylaea of Magnesia on the Maeander
Magnesia on the Maeander is located in Turkey
Magnesia on the Maeander
Shown within Turkey
Location Tekin, Aydın Province, Turkey
Region Ionia
Coordinates 37°51′10″N 27°31′38″E / 37.85278°N 27.52722°E / 37.85278; 27.52722Coordinates: 37°51′10″N 27°31′38″E / 37.85278°N 27.52722°E / 37.85278; 27.52722
Type Settlement
History
Builder Magnetian and Cretan settlers
Cultures Greek, Roman
Associated with Bathycles of Magnesia, , Saint Lazarus of Magnesia
Site notes
Excavation dates 1891–1893, 1984–present
Archaeologists Carl Humann, Orhan Bingöl
Condition Ruined
Ownership Public
Public access Yes

Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander (Ancient Greek: Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ or Μαγνησία ἡ ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ; Latin: Magnḗsĭa ad Mæándrum) was an ancient Greek city in Ionia, considerable in size, at an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of Priene, Ephesus and Tralles. The city was named Magnesia, after the Magnetes from Thessaly who settled the area along with some Cretans. It was later called "on the Meander" to distinguish it from the nearby Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum.

The territory around Magnesia was extremely fertile, and produced excellent wine, figs, and cucumbers. It was built on the slope of Mount Thorax, on the banks of the small river Lethacus, a tributary of the Maeander river upstream from Ephesus. It was 15 miles from the city of Miletus. The ruins of the city are located west of the modern village Tekin in the Germencik district of Aydın Province, Turkey.

Magnesia lay within Ionia, but because it had been settled by Aeolians from Greece, was not accepted into the Ionian League. Magnesia may have been ruled for a time by the Lydians, and was for some time under the control of the Persians, and subject to Cimmerian raids. In later years, Magnesia supported the Romans in the Second Mithridatic War.


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