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Smyrna

Also known as

Antiga Esmirna
História de Esmirna
Mint of Smyrna
New Smyrna
Smirna
Smirna

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Connected to

in countryByzantine Empire395 CE
in countryTurkey1923 CE
continentAsia
place of death ofDiphilus of Sinope350s BCE
located inKonak
birthplace of

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Smyrna · Alexandria

Quintus Smyrnaeus

4th c. CE

in country · containsSmyrna

place of death ofThraseas0k CE