Parium

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Parium was an ancient Greek city and important port on the Hellespont in the historical region of Mysia in northwestern Asia Minor.

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Parium canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
ancient port city
connectedBySeaRoutesTo Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Propontis
linked to: Sea of Marmara
countryDuringClassicalPeriod Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
foundedBy Erythraeans
linked to: Erythrae

Greek colonists
Milesians
Parians
foundedInCentury 8th century BC
foundedInPeriod Archaic period
functionedAs gateway between Aegean and Black Sea
hasAncientNameVariant Parion
Parium ad Hellespontum
hasArchaeologicalSite harbor installations
necropolis
ruins of city walls
theatre
knownFor coinage
cult of Aphrodite
important commercial port
strategic position on the Hellespont
languageOfInhabitants Ancient Greek
locatedIn Asia Minor
Mysia
northwestern Asia Minor
linked to: Asia Minor
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedNear Dardanelles
locatedOn Hellespont
linked to: Dardanelles
memberOf Delian League
modernSiteIn Çanakkale Province
modernSiteNear Biga district
linked to: Biga District

Kemer village
partOf ancient region of Mysia
prosperedDuring Hellenistic period
Roman Imperial period
regionType coastal city
religionInAntiquity ancient Greek religion
situatedOn Sea of Marmara region coast
situatedOpposite Thrace
underRuleOf Achaemenid Empire
Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Pergamon
Roman Empire
Roman Republic
usedAs harbor on the Hellespont
port city

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