Ionia (satrapy)

Achaemenid Ionia
(c. 546 – 479 BC and 387–334 BC)
𐎹𐎢𐎴, Yaunā

Ionian soldier of the Achaemenid army, circa 480 BC. Xerxes I tomb relief.

Western part of the Achaemenid Empire, with Ionia, west of Sardis, circa 500 BC.

Ionia, known in Old Persian as Yauna (𐎹𐎢𐎴),^[1] was a region within the satrapy of Lydia, with its capital at Sardis, within the First Persian Empire. The first mention of the Yauna is at the Behistun inscription.^{[note 1]}

^ Derived from Iones, the name of the Greeks living along the Ionian coast of Asia Minor.
^ King, L.W. (tr.); Thompson, R.C. (tr.). "Behistun (3)". livius.org. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

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[1] Derived from Iones, the name of the Greeks living along the Ionian coast of Asia Minor.

[2] King, L.W. (tr.); Thompson, R.C. (tr.). "Behistun (3)". livius.org. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

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