Random Image for aionial
Image originally shown at http://www.thebransonproject.com/EatSleepWalkTalkLogo.jpg
Image for aionial
Possible definitions for aionial
Ionia
Ancient region, W coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) bordering on the Aegean Sea. It consisted of a coastal strip that extended from the mouth of the Hermus River to the Halicarnassus Peninsula, a distance of 100 mi (160 km). In the 8th cent. BC there were 12 major Greek cities in the region, incl. Phocaea, Erythrae, Colophon, and Miletus on the mainland, and the islands Chios and Samos. It was very prosperous, and until 500 BC Ionic philosophy and architecture and the Ionic dialect were highly influential in Greece. In the mid-6th cent. BC, it fell to Lydia and then to the Persians. After a brief period of independence beginning 334 BC, it became part of the Seleucid kingdom. In 133 BC it passed to the Romans and became part of the Roman province of Asia. It was devastated during the Turkish conquest of Asia Minor.
Top words beginning with A: adderstongue, atrolactic, anthroxan, atypy, anisowicz, aerialness, antiantitoxin, apivorous, advoutry, anticonculsant, agrege, adenitides, aragats, auxograph, allotriomorphic, armoracia, annexion, ankyroid, ararauna, asself
Browse the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z