Pteria
Cité antique · Turquie
- Abandonné
- inconnu
- Fondé
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordonnées
- 39.748, 35.066
Pourquoi abandonné
🏛️ Ruines antiques
Détecté automatiquement d’après le texte : ancient city of Cappadocia in modern-day Turkey
Histoire
Pteria was the capital of the Leucosyri in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the Battle of Pteria, an undecided battle between Cyrus the Great and Croesus.
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