Adramyttium

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Adramyttium was an ancient coastal city of Asia Minor, located on the Aegean Sea in the region historically known as Mysia (in modern-day western Turkey).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Adramyttium canonical 3
Adramyttium of Mysia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek city
ancient city
archaeologicalRemains ruins near Ören
coastal true
countryDuringClassicalPeriod Kingdom of Pergamon
foundedBy Adramyttos
King Alyattes of Lydia
linked to: Alyattes II
foundedInCentury 5th century BC
hadHarbor true
hadStatus Roman colonia
bishopric
hasAlternativeName Adramytteion
linked to: Adramyttos

Adramyttion
linked to: Adramyttos

Adramyttium of Mysia
linked to: Adramyttium
hasBay Adramyttian Gulf
hasModernNearbyCity Edremit
Ören
historicalRegion Mysia
languageInAntiquity Greek
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn Asia Minor
Mysia
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedInRegion western Anatolia
linked to: Western Anatolia
locatedNear Gulf of Adramyttium
locatedOn Aegean Sea
locatedOppositeIsland Lesbos
mentionedAs a port of departure for Paul the Apostle
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles
New Testament
modernCountry Turkey
modernProvince Balıkesir Province
namedAfter Adramyttos
neighboringRegion Aeolis
partOf Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire
prosperedDuring Hellenistic period
Roman period
regionType Aeolis-adjacent Mysia
religionInAntiquity Greek polytheism
servedAs administrative center
commercial center
timePeriod Classical Antiquity
linked to: Classical antiquity

Hellenistic era
Roman Imperial era
linked to: Roman Empire
tradeRoutes Aegean maritime routes
usedAs departure point for ships sailing along Asia Minor coast
wasCapitalOf Adramyttene district
wasPortCity true

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Mysia hasCity Adramyttium
Andriscus birthPlace Adramyttium
Adramyttium hasAlternativeName Adramyttium of Mysia
linked to: Adramyttium