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Ancient site· Çanakkale merkez, Çanakkale
Dardanos (antik kent)
Dardanos (antik kent) is a ancient site in Çanakkale merkez, Çanakkale; Dardanus was a city in ancient Troas, sometimes also referred to as Dardania, a name used for the surrounding region.
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- 40.0758°N · 26.3628°E
Editor's Note
Dardanus was a city in ancient Troas, sometimes also referred to as Dardania, a name used for the surrounding region. Pliny the Elder called the city Dardanium, and it is mentioned in various ancient sources.
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- Architectural remains from antiquity
- The layered history of Anatolian civilizations
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This city in the Troad, 12 km from Çanakkale, was among the earliest coin-minting settlements of the region; its coins read DAR and DARDAN and carry a striking fighting-cock motif. Its electrum, silver and bronze issues run from the sixth to the fourth century BC, and because the silver follows the Persian standard, the city is thought to have been under Persian rule for a time. In 85 BC Mithridates of Pontus and the Roman commander Sulla concluded the Peace of Dardanos here. Its tumulus lies within the bounds of Çınarlı village in central Çanakkale.
This section was written from the record: Vikipedi
Did you know
- The 1959 rescue excavation by Rüstem Duyuran on the wooded hill of the tumulus counts as one of the most important discoveries in Çanakkale's history after Troy: an artificial mound containing a royal family tomb.
- A planned water reservoir on that hill was cancelled.
- One coin refers to Zenis Dardaneus, satrap of Aeolis in 399.
- In the fifth century BC the city belonged to the Attic naval league and is recorded as paying one talent in tribute.
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