Thracian Chersonese , ancient region with of the modern Gallipoli Peninsula on the European side of the Hellespont (Dardanelles in modern Turkey). It was an important wheat exporting region and was on the main trade route between Europe and Asia. One of its cities, Sestos, was located at the main crossroads of the Hellespont. Aeolians from Lesvos and ionic Greeks from Miletus founded in the 7th century v . Chr . About 12 towns on the peninsula .
Britannica Quiz The Middle East:Fact or Fiction? Is the literacy rate very high in Afghanistan? Does Yemen take its name from the Arabic word "northern"? Sort the facts in this quiz about Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries. The Athenian general Miltiades the Elder established a colony there and built a defensive wall over the Bulair at the request of the native Dolonci, who chose him as their king -Isthmus. Miltiades became tyrant of the Greek cities and founded a Dynasty who survived until his nephew Miltiades the Younger the Chersonese 493 v . Chr . Darius I. left by Persia .
After the Greek-Persian Wars Athens wrote the area 478 into the Delian League and sent 1,000 additional settlers (Cleruchs) there. C. 448. Sparta controlled it just after the Peloponnesian War (431–404), but it fell back to the Athenians, who sent 353 settlers there. 338 Athens espoused it Philip of Macedonia . It became part of the Seleucid Empire and then became Eumenes II. Surrendered by Pergamum (188) and the Romans (133), who gave most of the area in ager publicus (state-owned country) morphed . It was imperial property under Emperor Augustus.