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13-560: Aliağa lies in the heart of ancient Aeolia . The town was named after a member of the influential Karaosmanoğulları ayan family, Karaosmanoğlu Ali Ağa, who owned an estate here. Before the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) the population of the town was Greek . It was a township in Menemen district in 1937 and became a municipality in 1952. It finally separated from Menemen and became a district on 21 January 1982. The remains of

26-572: A monastery and floor mosaic have been found during an illegal excavation. Archaeologists believe that the monastery was used in the 4th century to the 14th century. There are 30 neighbourhoods in Aliağa District: The D.550 roadway runs through the city, between Muğla - Edirne and also to İzmir . Aliağa is also connected to İzmir by İZBAN , a commuter railway operating around İzmir. İZBAN operates 15 daily trains from Aliağa Railway Station to Alsancak Terminal in İzmir. ESHOT operates

39-597: The Ottoman Turks occupied the area. [REDACTED] Media related to Aeolis at Wikimedia Commons 39°12′N 26°42′E  /  39.2°N 26.7°E  / 39.2; 26.7 Larissa (Aeolis) Larissa ( Ancient Greek : Λάρισσα ) or Larisa (Λάρισα) Phrikonis , also known as Larisa on the Hermos , was a city in the region of Aeolis in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey ). It has been identified with an archaeological site excavated in

52-699: The Persians , Macedonians , Seleucids , and Pergamenes. Attalus III , the last king of Pergamum , bequeathed Aeolis to the Roman Republic in 133 BC. Shortly afterwards it became part of the Roman province of Asia . At the partition of the Roman Empire (395 AD), Aeolis was assigned to the East Roman (Byzantine) empire and remained largely under Byzantine rule until the early 15th century, when

65-460: The 834 bus line to İzmir as well. There are several facilities for dismantling and scrapping ships. The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic sped up the process of ship recycling because owners of idled cruise ships looked to stem the red ink . Aeolis Aeolis ( / ˈ iː ə l ɪ s / ; Ancient Greek : Αἰολίς , romanized :  Aiolís ), or Aeolia ( / iː ˈ oʊ l i ə / ; Ancient Greek: Αἰολία , romanized:  Aiolía ),

78-807: The Great established a colony of Egyptian soldiers there. Xenophon also relates that it was besieged in vain by Thimbrom . In Strabo's time it was deserted, although it is mentioned by other ancient geographers such as Pliny the Elder , Ptolemy , and Stephanus of Byzantium . The first excavations in Larissa were initiated in 1902 by Swedish and German archeologists. The findings were taken to Stockholm and to Istanbul archeological museums. 38°40′03″N 27°01′53″E  /  38.667585°N 27.031388°E  / 38.667585; 27.031388 [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from

91-538: The ancient city of Myrina are within the boundaries of the district, located at about fifteen km north of Aliağa centre. Another ancient site is the yet unexplored Gryneion , near Şakran township on the peninsula, to the south of the center town, also at a distance of 15 km (9 mi). Visitors also often use the road from Aliağa to visit the remains of Aigai in Yuntdağı in Manisa Province . In 2021,

104-583: The cities was Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey ), but in 699 BC, Smyrna became part of an Ionian confederacy. This league or confederation , known as the Ionian League , also called the Panionic League , was formed at the end of the Meliac War in the mid-7th century BC. Croesus , king of Lydia (reigned 560-546 BC), conquered the remaining cities. Later they were held successively by

117-523: The early 20th century on a hilltop next to the village of Buruncuk, in the vicinity of Menemen , ca. 30 km north of İzmir , although the identification has sometimes been challenged. The hill overlooks the Gediz River , known in antiquity as the Hermos, which here passes through a fertile plain formed by alluvial soil carried from the Anatolian inland. The first nucleus of Larissa formed during

130-673: The larger northwest region of Mysia. According to Homer's Odyssey , Odysseus , after his stay with the Cyclopes , reached the floating island of Aeolia , where Aeolus son of Hippotas provided him with the west wind Zephyrus . By the 8th century BC the Aeolians' twelve most important cities were independent. They formed a league of twelve cities (a Dodecapolis ): Cyme (also called Phriconis), Larissa , Neonteichos , Temnus , Cilla , Notion , Aegiroessa , Pitane , Aegae , Myrina , Gryneion , and Smyrna . The most celebrated of

143-708: The third millennium BC. The city survived all through the Persian and Hellenistic periods, though it was largely destroyed during the Peloponnesian War in 405 BC. Larissa was rebuilt after the War but was annihilated by the Galatians ( Celts ) in 279 BC. It is known as one of the twelve Aeolian cities. Strabo considered that this Larissa was the one mentioned in Homer 's Iliad . Xenophon writes that Cyrus

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156-701: 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

169-466: 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. Aeolis was an ancient district on

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