Cyzicus

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ancient Greek city

Cyzicus was an ancient Greek city in Mysia on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara, known as a significant commercial and cultural center in classical antiquity.

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Label Occurrences
Cyzicus canonical 6

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city ⓘ
abandonedByCentury late Middle Ages ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
declineCause changes in sea level and silting of harbors ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Classical period ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Imperial period NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Greek colonists from Cyme (tradition) ⓘ
Greek colonists from Miletus ⓘ
foundedInPeriod early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
grantedStatus free city under Roman rule ⓘ
hadStatus important provincial center in Roman Asia ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains city walls and fortifications ⓘ
inscriptions and reliefs ⓘ
temple foundations ⓘ
theater and stadium remains ⓘ
knownFor coinage ⓘ
commercial importance ⓘ
cultural importance ⓘ
harbor facilities ⓘ
large temple of Hadrian ⓘ
massive amphitheater or stadium remains ⓘ
strategic position on routes between Aegean and Black Sea ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Mysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Dardanelles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lampsacus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miletupolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Proconnesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Propontis NERFINISHED ⓘ
isthmus connecting Arktonnesos peninsula to mainland ⓘ
southern coast of the Sea of Marmara ⓘ
modernSiteNear Balıkesir Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belkıs (Belkis) village area ⓘ
Erdek NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Delian League NERFINISHED ⓘ
Troad and Mysia region ⓘ
religion Greek polytheism in antiquity ⓘ
resisted Mithridates VI during Third Mithridatic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
siteOf Battle of Cyzicus (410 BCE) NERFINISHED ⓘ
naval battle between Athens and Sparta ⓘ
siege by Mithridates VI of Pontus ⓘ
underRuleOf Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
was Metropolitan see in early Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eudoxus of Cnidus → associatedWith → Cyzicus ⓘ
Eudoxus of Cnidus → taughtAt → Cyzicus ⓘ
Mysia → hasCity → Cyzicus ⓘ
Persian satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia → includes → Cyzicus ⓘ
Battle of Cyzicus → associatedWithCity → Cyzicus ⓘ
Anaxarchus → deathPlace → Cyzicus ⓘ