Lampsaque

Lampsaque (in Greek old Λάμψακος / Lámpsakos ), initially known like Pityussa ( Πιτυοῦσσα / Pityoũssa ) is old a quoted Greek of minor Asia, located on southern bank of the Hellespont, in Troade. It is close to current the Lapseki.

History

According to the tradition, it is a colony founded by the Phocée NS. Its strategic position of port on Hellespont is the base of its commercial prosperity. To sixth century BC, it is subjected by the Lydie NS then, at the beginning of the medic Guerres, by the Perses, carried out by Daurisès, son-in-law of Darius I {{er}}. Xerxès entrusts then Lampsaque to Thémistocle in exchange of a supply local, famous wine in all Greece.

After the Battle of the course Mycale, it joined the Ligue of Délos and pays a tribute of twelve talent S. In 411 av. J. - C., it makes defection and is combined with the Spartiate Dercylidas. It is taken again by the Athénien Strombichidès before being regained by Lysandre in 405 av. J. - C.

With the hellenistic time, Lampsaque is in the zone of influence of the kingdom of Pergame. At the time of the fifth war of Syria, carried out by the Séleucide Antiochos III, Lampsaque is threatened. The arrival of P. Cornélius Scipion constrained Antiochos to give up the city as well as the other cities of Hellespont. The city makes then alliance with Rome. Under the Roman supervision, she knows prosperity: Cicéron thus describes it like “one of most famous and most famous of Asia. ”

It is the birthplace of the rhetor Anaximène, the historian Charon and the philosophers Adimante and Métrodore.

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