Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was the capital of the
Assyria
Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...
ns in northern
Cappadocia
Cappadocia or Capadocia (; tr, Kapadokya), is a historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It largely is in the provinces Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde.
According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Re ...
. They were said by
Herodotus
Herodotus ( ; grc, , }; BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer
A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society ...
to have been taken and ruined by
Croesus in 547 BCE. It also was the place of the
Battle of Pteria
The Battle of Pteria ( grc, Πτερία) was fought in 547 BC between the Persian forces of Cyrus the Great and the Lydian forces of Croesus. Both armies suffered heavy casualties in this indecisive battle.
Background
Croesus learned of the su ...
, an undecided battle between
Cyrus the Great and
Croesus.
Stephanus of Byzantium cites two towns with this or a similar name: a
Pterium, which he calls a town of the
Medes
The Medes ( Old Persian: ; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, ...
, and
Pteria, a town in the territory of
Sinope.
Its site is located near
Kerkenes Dağ,
Asiatic Turkey.
External links
The Histories of Herodotus By Herodotus, Henry Cary*
References
Populated places in ancient Cappadocia
Former populated places in Turkey
History of Yozgat Province
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