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'''Lampsacus''' (also '''Lampsakos'''; was an ancient [[Greece|Greek]] city strategically located on the eastern side of the [[Hellespont]] in the northern Troad. The name has been transmitted in the nearby modern town of Lapseki.

Originally known as '''Pityusa''' or '''Pityussa''', it was colonized from [[Phocaea]] and [[Miletus]]. During the [[6th century BC|6th]] and [[5th century BC]], Lampsacus was successively dominated by Lydia, Persia, [[Athens]], and [[Sparta]]; [[Artaxerxes I]] assigned it to [[Themistocles]] with the expectation that the city supply the Persian king with its famous wine.

Lampsacus joined the [[Delian League]] after the [[battle of Mycale]], and paid a tribute of twelve talents, a testimony to its wealth, and it had a gold coinage in the [[3rd century BC]], an activity only available to the more prosperous cities. A revolt against the Athenians in [[411 BC]] was put down by force.

In [[196 BC|196]] the Romans defended the town against [[Antiochus the Great]], and it became an ally of Rome; Cicero (''2 Verr.'' i. 24. 63) and Strabo (13. 1. 15) attest its continuing prosperity under Roman rule.

Lampsacus was also notable for its worship of [[Priapus]], who was said to have been born there.

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