The Troas (Troy) region is colonized from…

705 BCE to 694 BCE

The Troas (Troy) region is colonized from Mytilene on the island of Lesbos early in the eighth century.

New settlers appear around 700 on the site of Troy, deserted for four centuries, and build a city of modest size over and around the ruins of the Bronze Age fortress.

This Greek settlement is given the Hellenized name of Ilion (and is known to archaeologists as Troy VIII.

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