Dodecapolis (other)
Dodecapolis or Dodekapolis ( el, Δωδεκάπολις) refers to a group or confederation of twelve cities. It may refer to: *Ionian dodecapolis * Aeolian dodecapolis *Etruscan dodecapolis See also *Decapolis (other) *Pentapolis A pentapolis (from Greek ''penta-'', 'five' and ''polis'', 'city') is a geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. Cities in the ancient world probably formed such groups for political, commercial and military reasons, as happened ...

Ionian Dodecapolis
The Ionian League ( grc, Ἴωνες, ''Íōnes''; , ''koinón Iōnōn''; or , ''koinē sýnodos Iōnōn''; Latin: ''commune consilium''), also called the Panionic League, was a confederation formed at the end of the Meliac War in the mid-7th century BC comprising twelve Ionian Greek city-states (a dodecapolis, of which there were many others). The Ionian League was the first alliance of city-states in the region. Overview The twelve ancient city-states were listed by Herodotus as:Herodotus. ''The Histories''1.142 *Miletus, Myus, and Priene — all located in Caria (a region in Asia Minor) and speaking the same dialect; *Ephesus, Colophon, Lebedus, Teos, Clazomenae and Phocaea — all located in Lydia and/or the region known today as Ionia (both also in Asia Minor, Lydia extending inland much farther relative to Ionia), speaking another dialect; *Chios (island) and Erythrae (Asia Minor) — with a common dialect; and *Samos (island) — with its own dialect. After 650 BC, Smyr ...
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Aeolian Dodecapolis
Aeolis (; grc, Αἰολίς, Aiolís), or Aeolia (; grc, Αἰολία, Aiolía, link=no), was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly Lesbos), where the Aeolian Greek city-states were located. Aeolis incorporated the southern parts of Mysia, and is bounded by it to the north, Ionia to the south, and Lydia to the east. Geography Aeolis was an ancient district on the western coast of Asia Minor. It extended along the Aegean Sea from the entrance of the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles) south to the Hermus River (now the Gediz River). It was named for the Aeolians, some of whom migrated there from Greece before 1000 BC. Aeolis was, however, an ethnological and linguistic enclave rather than a geographical unit. The district often was considered part of the larger northwest region of Mysia. History According to Homer's ''Odyssey'', Odysseus, after his sta ...
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Etruscan Dodecapolis
Etruscan cities were a group of ancient settlements that shared a common Etruscan language and culture, even though they were independent city-states. They flourished over a large part of the northern half of Italy starting from the Iron Age, and in some cases reached a substantial level of wealth and power. They were eventually assimilated first by Italics in the south, then by Celts in the north and finally in Etruria itself by the growing Roman Republic. The Etruscan names of the major cities whose names were later Romanised survived in inscriptions and are listed below. Some cities were founded by Etruscans in prehistoric times and bore entirely Etruscan names. Others, usually Italic in origin, were colonised by the Etruscans, who in turn Etruscanised their name. The estimates for the populations of the largest cities (Veii, Volsinii, Caere, Vulci, Tarquinia, Populonia) range between 25,000 and 40,000 each in the 6th century BC. Twelve cities or nations Of several Etrusca ...
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Decapolis (other)
Decapolis was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Syria and Judea. Decapolis or Dekapolis ( el, Δεκάπολις) refers to a group or confederation of ten cities. It may also refer to: History * Isaurian Decapolis in Cilicia * Decapolis of Katakekaumene, in Lydia * Décapole, alliance of ten towns of the Holy Roman Empire in Alsace, 1354-1679 Modern * Decapolis, Virginia, a community in Madison County See also *Dodecapolis (other) Dodecapolis or Dodekapolis ( el, Δωδεκάπολις) refers to a group or confederation of twelve cities. It may refer to: * Ionian dodecapolis *Aeolian dodecapolis *Etruscan dodecapolis See also *Decapolis (other) *Pentapolis A pe ...