After the seizure of Trebizond in 1461 by the Ottomans, the Turcoman Uzun Hasan, who considered himself a legal successor of the Komnenos family, tried to recapture Trebizond. Thus in May 1472 his campaign towards Trebizond, led by a member of the family of Komnenos, started. This attempt, however, was not successful.

A phenomenon linked to the Greek Enlightenment, through the expressed love of antiquity. The archaisation of names also appeared in Pontus in the 1820s.

Immediately after Attalus III of Pergamon died and his kingdom was bequeathed to Rome, Aristonicus, possibly an illegitimate son of King Eumenes II, was proclaimed King of Pergamon and adopted the dynastic name Eumenes. The Revolt of Aristonicus against Rome lasted from 133 until 129 BC and involved most of the cities of Asia Minor. It resulted in the defeat of Aristonicus and was considered to have a national or social character.

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In 356 BC, the satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, Artabazus, revolted against the new king, Artaxerxes III, and his attempt to impose stricter control over the coastal satrapies. Artabazus asked for and received the services of Chares, an Athenian general who dispatched his army to Asia Minor. Artaxerxes reacted to Chares’ successes and demanded that Athens should recall Chares. The Athenians complied and Artabazus turned to Thebes, securing the services of an expeditionary force under Pammenes....

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In the Byzantine period Erythrae, a city on the western coast of Asia Minor, across the Chios island, was a bishopric see in the province of Asia, subjected to the metropolis of Ephesus. It should have been preserved until the end of the 13th century.

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The coordinated march of Macedonian and other Greek troops that reached the Indian peninsula (336-324 BC), under the command of Alexander from the Macedonian kingdom, brought a radical change in the political, economic and social conditions of the Eastern Mediterranean, which led to the shaping of the Hellenistic kingdoms. This process was determined to a large extent by the role played by the Greek cities in Asia Minor, as they became the connecting points between the Greek and the Persian...

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Die malerische Innenausstattung der dreischiffigen justinianischen Kreuzkuppelkirche ist bis auf wenige Reste verloren. Im Kircheninneren selbst haben sich heute Spuren von gelber, roter, grüner und blauer Freskomalerei als auch von vegetabilen Formen, Blattranken und Kreuzmotive nur in den Seitenschiffen erhalten. Auch im vorjustinianischen Baptisterium fanden sich Reste von Freskomalerei. Die umfangreichsten Funde von Malerei befinden sich im Skeuophylakion, einen Baukomplex der...

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