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SUMMARY
The Koinon of Ionians (Ionian Dodecapolis) was established in the 7th century BC by 12 cities on the west coast of Asia Minor: Samos, Chios, Miletus, Myus, Priene, Ephesus, Colophon, Lebedus, Teos, Clazomenae, Erythrae and Phocaea. The Koinon was a type of religious union centred around the cult of Poseidon of Helicon. It held a joint festival at Panionium of Mycale, the Panionian. The Koinon was abolished by the Persians after the unsuccessful Ionian Revolt in the early 5th c. BC. It was reestablished in the 4th c. BC and enjoyed its former prestige in the years of Alexander the Great. The Panionian festival continued to take place down to Roman times. |
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