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Aegiroessa or Aigiroessa () was a city of
ancient Aeolis Aeolis (; ), or Aeolia (; ), was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly Lesbos), where the Aeolians, Aeolian Ancient Gre ...
, which
Herodotus Herodotus (; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the '' Histori ...
enumerates among the 11 cities of Aeolis; but nothing more is known of it. The site of Aegiroessa is unlocated.


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Populated places in ancient Aeolis Former populated places in Turkey Lost ancient cities and towns {{ancientAeolis-geo-stub