The Chrysaorian League (, ''systema Chrysaorikon'') was an informal loose federation of several cities in ancient region of
Caria
Caria (; from Greek language, Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; ) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian main ...
,
Anatolia
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that was apparently formed in the early
Seleucid period and lasted at least until 203 BC. The League had its primary focus on unified defense, and secondarily on trade, and may have been linked by ethnic bonds (the
Chrysaorians). It had an assembly and financial institutions, and a form of reciprocal citizenship whereby a citizen of a member city was entitled to certain rights and privileges in any other member city. The capital of the League was
Chrysaorium where the assembly met.
Other member cities included:
Alabanda (renamed ''Antiochia of the Chrysaorians''),
Alinda,
Amyzon,
Ceramus,
Mylasa
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,
Kaunos,
Stratonicea,
Thera.
For periods of time, some of the member cities were subject to
Rhodes
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as part of the
Rhodian Peraea.
References
* J. Ma, Antiochos III and the Cities of Western Asia Minor, ({{ISBN, 0-19-815219-1), p. 175
Hellenistic Caria
Leagues in Greek Antiquity
Ancient Rhodes
States in Hellenistic Anatolia