Historical place profile

Daskyleion

Daskyleion (modern Hisartepe at Ergili in Turkey) was the capital of the Persian satrapy of Phrygia from the sixth century BC until the conquests of Alexander the Great.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:511225
Catalogue ID
pleiades:511225
Place type
archaeological-site, settlement
Coordinates
40.132495, 28.050738
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Daskyleion (modern Hisartepe at Ergili in Turkey) was the capital of the Persian satrapy of Phrygia from the sixth century BC until the conquests of Alexander the Great.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 52 C4 Daskyleion

Source and reuse

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Research path

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