Assus

Assus (-i, f.) (Graece: Άσσος) antiquum est oppidum in ora paeninsulae nomine Troas. Hodie etiam Turcice Behramkale nominatum est.

Historia

Collis iuxta mare iacens iam Aetate Aenea habitatus fuit. 7. saeculo a.C. Assus ab incolis Methymnae in Lesbo insula sitae condita est. Socius fuit Athenarum in foedere Delium iuncta neque in bella Graeca-Persica 5./4. saeculi ullius momenti fuit. Anno 366 v. Chr. Satrapes Persicus seditiosus Ariobarzanes se in arcem oppidi recepit, ut vi Persarum sustineret. Ex fere anno 360 a.C. oppidum sub dicione Eubulus successorisque Hermeias fuit. Eodem tempore etiam Aristoteles Assi vitam aliquamdiu degit. Inter annos 334–241 a.C. dominium oppidi Alexandro Magno succesoribusque eius, i.e. gens Seleucidarum, fuit postquam inter annos 241–133 ad regum Pergamenum Attalidis regnantibus pervenit, usque in potestatem imperii Romani redactum est. Temporibus Byzantinis Assus sedes episcopalis facta est atque ad Thematem Aegaei pertinebat. Etiam anno 1306 Graecis arcem oppidi contra Turcos defendere contigit, paulo post autem in dominium eorum delapsum est, quo ex tempore ad Ottomanicum imperium pertinebat.

Ruinae

Moenia urbis diversibus temporibus varioque more inter 3. saeculo a.C. usque ad tempus Byzantinum exstructa sunt. Circuitus 3 fere chilometres efficit. Praeterea etiam reliqua qui habentur muri archaici exstant.

Templum Athenae dicatum inter annos 530–520 a.C. Dorico more constructum est, quare singulum templum Doricum temporis Archaici totius Asiae Minore putatum est. Nonnullae columnae indigeni lapide confectae post effusionem ruinarum partim reerectae sunt.

Hodie quoque antiqua Agora, Buleuterion, Gymnasium, theatrum atque thermae Romanae visitari possunt. Extra urbem antiqua necropolis sita est.

In extremo oppido hodierno mezquita regente Murado I (1326–1389) constructa est, una enim antiquissimarum mezquitarum, in huius exstructione Turci multis spoliis antiquis atque Byzantinis usi sunt.

Effossiones

Inter annos 1881–83 indagatores Americani oppidum effoderunt. Plurimae inventiones in Louvre museum atque in museos Constantinopolitanos atque Bostonianos detractae sunt. Ex anno 1981 Turci etiam effossioni oppidi operam dederunt duce Ümit Serdaroğlu.

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