- The Thracian Chersonese is known today as the Gallipoli Peninsular.
- The Peninsular controlled access to the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.
The Gallipoli Peninsular
- At Agora it had a 4 mile (6.5km) defending wall across it from sea to sea. From here the Peninsular was 48 miles (77.5km) long and had 12 cities.
- The important cities were Callipolis and Sestos, which was the main crossing point to Turkey.
- The other main cities were Agora, Cardia, Pactya Alopeconnesus, Madytos and Elaeus.
- Opposite, on the southern shore, and near the mouth of the Hellespont, was the ancient city of Troy.
- The Gallipoli Peninsular was also famous for its production and export of wheat.
The Dardanelles
- Under Augustus and the Roman Empire, Thracian Chersonese was split off from Thracia and administered separately under direct Imperial control as an ‘Ager Publicus’ or ‘Property of the State’.
- It controlled the Straits known as either the Dardanelles or the Hellespont.
- This was the shipping Route into the Sea of Marmara, which in turn connected via another Strait, the Bosphorus, to the Black Sea.
Gallipoli Peninsular