According to Strabo Carian city of Tralles was founded by the Argives and Trallians1. The name Tralles (in Latin) or Tralleis was used in Roman and Byzantine times.
Strabo: After Magnesia is the road to Tralles;86 travellers have on the left hand Mesogis, and on the right hand, and from the road itself, the plain of the Mæander, which is occupied in common by Lydians, Carians, Ionians, Milesians, Mysians, and the Æolians of Magnesia. [..] The city of Tralles is built upon ground in the shape somewhat of a trapezium. It has a citadel strongly fortified, and the places around are well defended. It is as well peopled as any of the cities in Asia, and its inhabitants are wealthy; some of them constantly occupy chief stations in the province, and are called Asiarchs. [..] Tralles produced also celebrated orators, Dionysocles, and after him Damasus, surnamed Scombrus. It is said to have been founded by Argives and a body of Tralli Thracians,from whom it had its name. It was governed for a short time by tyrants, sons of Cratippus, about the period of the Mithridatic war 2.
Sources:
- George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p. 208-211
- Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey: From Prehistoric Times Until the End of the Roman Empir, II ed., Istanbul 1970, p.23
- The Geography of Strabo. Literally translated, with notes, in three volumes. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
References
- ↑George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p. 208-211
- ↑Strabo XIV.1