Long description

The map shows the eastern part of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Three regions are marked out in bigger font: Lydia (in the middle of the Asia Minor (Anatolian) coast next to the Aegean Sea); Paphlagonia (just under the Black Sea); and Syria (in line with the island of Cyprus). In smaller (green) font are three Greek communities along the Asia Minor coast: Aeolians at the top, Ionians in the middle, and Dorians at the bottom. The settlement of Sparta (Lacedaemon) is marked out (also in green) on the Greek mainland, in the middle of the Peloponnese; the Pontus and the river Halys are both indicated in red.