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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]Late Bronze Age
[edit]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]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]Hellenistic period
[edit]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]There are coins of Arisbe from the Roman emperor Trajan's time (early 2nd century), and also autonomous coins.
References
[edit]- ↑ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ↑ 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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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: George Long (1854–1857). "Arisba". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. p. 214.
40°11′59″N 26°32′32″E / 40.199817°N 26.542314°E
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