Cyzicus
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Cyzicus ( ; ; was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peninsula (the classical Arctonnesus), a tombolo which is said to have originally been an island in the Sea of Marmara only to be connected to the mainland in historic times either by artificial means or an earthquake.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Cyzicus
- Ancient site.image
- Istanbul - Museo archeol. - Auriga greco - Arcaico, sec. VI aC, da Cizico - Foto G. Dall'Orto 28-5-2006.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Bas relief of a charioteer, late 6th century BC
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270
- Ancient site.location
- Erdek, Balıkesir Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Mysia
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.builder
- Pelasgian settlers
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 11th century AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Archaic Greek to High Medieval
- Ancient site.cultures
- Greek, Ancient Roman, Byzantine
- Ancient site.event
- Siege of Cyzicus
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Cyzicus ( ; ; was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peninsula (the classical Arctonnesus), a tombolo which is said to have originally been an island in the Sea of Marmara only to be connected to the mainland in historic times either by artificial means or an earthquake.
The site of Cyzicus, located on the Erdek and Bandırma roads, is protected by Turkey's Ministry of Culture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyzicus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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