M, M.
Milan ⇒ Mediolanum
Mile ̄tos (mod. Balat; 37 ̊ 31 ’ N, 27 ̊ 17 ’ E): ancient Hittite city, then large coastal Ionian city,
prosperous commercial center and hub of colonization. Instigated revolt against Persia
in 499 BCE, sacked in 494 BCE. Allied with Athens in the 5th c. BCE, but revolted in 412
and became a naval base for Sparta. Then under Persia until liberated by Alexander of
Macedon. Diplomatically active and of varying alliance in the 3rd c., until subjected to
Pergamon in the 2nd c.; under Rome from 133 BCE. PECS 578 – 582, G. Kleiner; OCD3
980, P.N. Ure et al.; BAGRW 61-E2; BNP 8 (2006) 885–895, J. Cobet and F. Starke; EJ2
14.232, I. Gafni. (Contrast the Cretan Milatos, BAGRW 60-E2.)
A, A, A, A, A (?), A-
, B, D, D, D, D (?),
H, I (2), L, M, N, O, T.
Mulasa (mod. Milas; 37 ̊ 19 ’ N, 27 ̊ 47 ’ E): Karian city east of Iasos and west of Stra-
tonikeia; allied with Athens 450 – 440 BCE, then under Persia until 360 BCE when under
Mausso ̄llos. Taken by Alexander of Macedon 334 BCE, Ptolemaic ca 300 – 250 BCE, then
under Seleukids by whom declared free; autonomous and variously allied until favored
Rome 190 BCE, by whom again declared free. PECS 601 – 602, G.E. Bean; BAGRW 61-F3;
BNP 9 (2006) 407–409, H. Kaletsch.
K.
Mundos (mod. Gümüslük; 37 ̊ 02 ’ N, 27 ̊ 14 ’ E): coastal Karian city, west of Halikarnas-
sos, resisted Alexander of Macedon for a year (334– 333 BCE); naval harbor for Ptolemy in
308 BCE; under Rome from 133 BCE; naval harbor again in 43 BCE. BAGRW 61-E3; BNP 9
(2006) 410–411, H. Kaletsch.
A, A.
Murleia (mod. Mudanya; 40 ̊ 23 ’ N, 28 ̊ 53 ’ E): colony founded on the Propontis by
Kolopho ̄n, as “Brulleion”; allied with Athens in the late 5th c. BCE; known as Murleia
by 330 BCE. Taken by Philip V of Macedon in 202 BCE; absorbed by the kingdom of
Bithunia and renamed “Apameia” either ca 170 BCE for the wife of Prousias II, or else ca
140 BCE by Nikome ̄de ̄s II. Refounded by A ca 25 CE. S B,
s.v.; BAGRW 52-D4; BNP 1 (2002) 817 (#1), K. Strobel.
A.
Mutile ̄ne ̄ (mod. Mutile ̄ne ̄/Mitilini; 39 ̊ 06 ’ N, 26 ̊ 33 ’ E): on the east coast of Lesbos, the
most important polis of the island, wealthy trade center. Supported M VI 88
BCE, and sacked by Rome 79 BCE; freed by Pompey; prospered into the late Roman era.
PECS 502 – 503 (s.v. Lesbos), M. Paraskevaïdis; OCD3 1020, D.G.J. Shipley and Ch. Roueché;
BAGRW 56-D3; BNP 9 (2006) 471–474, H. Sonnabend.
A, H, T.
Narbo (mod. Narbonne; 43 ̊ 11 ’ N, 03 ̊ 00 ’ E): city on right bank of the Atrax river, not far
from Arelate and Massalia; capital of a Celtic kingdom; refounded 118 BCE as first
colonia of Rome in the new eponymous province, Gallia Narbonensis; on the Via Domitia. Pro-
moted by C during the Roman civil war in preference to Massalia. PECS 607 – 608,
M. Gayraud and Y. Solier; OCD3 1026, J.F. Drinkwater; BNP 9 (2006) 504–505, Y. Lafond
and E. Olshausen.
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