Dascyleium

E682881
ancient city archaeological site

Dascyleium was an ancient city in the region of Mysia in northwestern Asia Minor, notable as a Persian satrapal center during the Achaemenid period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Daskyleion 3
Dascyleium canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Greco-Persian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
satrap Pharnabazus NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lydia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macedonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
culture Achaemenid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anatolian ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
excavatedBy Turkish archaeologists ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceOf Achaemenid-period fortifications ⓘ
Greek pottery ⓘ
Persian-style sealings ⓘ
administrative tablets ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
hasRemainsOf administrative buildings ⓘ
burial areas ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
historicalPeriod Achaemenid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Classical period ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Achaemenid administrative buildings ⓘ
Greco-Persian cultural interaction ⓘ
Persian satrapal residence ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Mysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern Asia Minor ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedInProvince Balıkesir Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Manyas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marmara Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Classical Greek sources ⓘ
nearModernSettlement Ergili NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Hellespontine Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ
satrapyOf Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedAs Persian provincial capital ⓘ
administrative center ⓘ
satrapal center ⓘ
strategicRole control of approaches to the Hellespont ⓘ
control of routes between inland Anatolia and the Propontis ⓘ
timeOfFlourishing 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Mysia → hasCity → Dascyleium ⓘ
Persian satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia → capital → Dascyleium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daskyleion
Persian satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia → administrativeCenter → Dascyleium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daskyleion
Persian satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia → includes → Dascyleium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daskyleion