The Chrysaorian League ( grc, σύστημα Χρυσαορικόν, ''systema Chrysaorikon'') was an informal loose federation of several cities in ancient region of
Caria,
Anatolia 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
Chrysaorium was a city in ancient Caria, Anatolia, between Euromus (also ''Eunomus'') and Stratonicea. In Seleucid times, Chrysaorium was the seat of the Chrysaorian League. The League's assembly met here, in a temple of Zeus Chrysaorius. Stepha ...
where the assembly met.
Other member cities included:
Alabanda (renamed ''Antiochia of the Chrysaorians''),
Alinda,
Amyzon,
Ceramus
Ceramus or Keramos ( grc, Κέραμος) is a city on the north coast of the Ceramic Gulf—named after this city—in ancient Caria, in southwest Asia Minor; its ruins can be found outside the modern village of Ören, Muğla Province, Tu ...
,
Mylasa,
Kaunos,
Stratonicea,
Thera.
For periods of time, some of the member cities were subject to
Rhodes 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
External links
Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Chrysaorium"
Hellenistic Caria
Leagues in Greek Antiquity
Ancient Rhodes
States in Hellenistic Anatolia