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Submission to the Lydians in 560 B.C.

ASSOS (Ancient city) TURKEY

Submission to the Persians, 548 B.C.

Member of the Delian League, 479 B.C.

Megas Alexandros paid honours to Achilleus

In Asso, Megas lexandros paid honours to his lovely hero Achilleus.

Submission to Rome, 133 B.C.

Aeolian from Methymna of Lesvos island

The acropolis of Assos was occupied in the Bronze Age, but first began to expand in the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. when Aeolian colonists from Methymna on Lesbos replaced the Carian inhabitants.

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