. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. f Ephesus to a state of com-mercial eminence. Thyatira and Philadelphia belong to a someAvhatlater period—the former owing its name to Seleucus Xicator, thelatter to one of the kings of Pergamum. In the Swian warsSmyrna, Erythra3, and the Colophonians of Xotium, sided withRome, and received various immunities in return. On the consti- Dant per colla modos : sonat amnis, et Asia longe Pulsa palus. Yirg. vii. 699. Sic niger, in ripis errat quum. forte Caystri, Inter Ledaeos ridetur corTus olores.
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. f Ephesus to a state of com-mercial eminence. Thyatira and Philadelphia belong to a someAvhatlater period—the former owing its name to Seleucus Xicator, thelatter to one of the kings of Pergamum. In the Swian warsSmyrna, Erythra3, and the Colophonians of Xotium, sided withRome, and received various immunities in return. On the consti- Dant per colla modos : sonat amnis, et Asia longe Pulsa palus. Yirg. vii. 699. Sic niger, in ripis errat quum. forte Caystri, Inter Ledaeos ridetur corTus olores.—Mart. i. 54. Utque jacens ripa deflere Cajstrius ales Dicitur ore suam deficiente necem,Sic ego, Sarmaticas longe projectus in oras, Efficio, taciturn ne miM funus eat.—Ov. Trist. v. 1, 11. Chap. VII. TOWNS. 107 tution of the province of Asia, Ephesus was selected as the capital,and was thenceforth the capital of the whole surrounding of the cities of Lydia suffered severely from an earthquake inthe reign of Tiberius. We shall describe these towns in their orderfrom N. to Site of Ephesus. Phocsea stood at the head of a small inlet on the peninsula betweenthe bays of Cyme and Hermus. The mouth of the inlet was closed bythe island of Bacchium^ which contained the chief public buildings^and protected the two harbours of the town. Phoc8ea became a place ofcommercial importance^ and must have been strongly fortified. It wasbesieged by Harpagus in the Ionian War, on which occasion the greaterpart of its population emigi^ated to Corsica.^ It revived^ however, andwas strong enough-to sustain a long siege from the Roman fleet under^milius in the Syrian War. Its ruins retain the ancient name, PalaioFoggia. Smyrna was originally built on the northern side of theHermaean bay, near its head. This was destroyed by Alyattes, ^ Nulla sit hac potior senteiitia (PhocseorumYelut profugit exseciata civitasAgros atque lares patrios, habitandaque fana Apris reliquit et
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