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'''Miletus''' was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of [[Asia Minor]] (in what is now the Aydin Province of Turkey), near the mouth of the [[Maeander River]]. The site was inhabited since the [[Bronze age]].

[[Homer]] records that at the time of the [[Trojan War]], it was a [[Carian]] city ([[Iliad]], book II). Later, it would become one of the twelve [[Ionia]]n cities of [[Asia Minor]]. Its gridlike layout, planned by [[Hippodamos]], later became the basic layout for Roman cities. The city also once possessed a harbour, before it was clogged by alluvium brought by the Meander.

Scholars have generally agreed that the Anatolian city ''Milawata'' mentioned in Hittite records should be identified with Miletus. In the [[1500s BC]], settlers from [[Crete]] moved there. In the [[6th century BC]], Miletus had become a maritime empire, having founded several colonies. It came under Persian rule until [[479 BC]], when the Greeks liberated it . During this time several other cities were formed by [[Milesian Greek]] settlers, spanning across [[Asia Minor]] and even into Crimea.

Miletus was an important center of philosophy and science, producing such men as [[Thales]], [[Anaximander]] and [[Anaximenes of Miletus|Anaximenes]].

In [[334 BC]], the city was liberated from Persian rule by [[Alexander the Great]].

The New Testament mentions Miletus as the site where the apostle Paul met with the elders of the church of [[Ephesus]] before his capture and travel to Rome for trial, as well as the city where Trophimus, one of Paul's travelling companions, recovered while sick.

==External links==
*[http://rjohara.net/coins/ Ancient Coins of Miletus]

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 [[Homer]] records that at the time of the [[Trojan War]], it was a [[Carian]] city ([[Iliad]], book II). Later, it would become one of the twelve [[Ionia]]n cities of [[Asia Minor]]. Its gridlike layout, planned by [[Hippodamos]], later became the basic layout for Roman cities. The city also once possessed a harbour, before it was clogged by alluvium brought by the Meander.
-Scholars have generally agreed that the Anatolian city ''Milawata'' mentioned in Hittite records should be identified with Miletus. In the [[1500s BC]], settlers from [[Crete]] moved there. In the [[6th century BC]], Miletus had become a maritime empire, having founded several colonies. It came under Persian rule until [[479 BC]], when the Greeks liberated it . During this time several other cities were formed by [[Milesian Greek]] settlers, spanning across [[Asia Minor]] and even into Crimea.
+Scholars have generally agreed that the Anatolian city ''Milawata'' mentioned in Hittite records should be identified with Miletus. In the [[1500s BC]], settlers from [[Crete]] moved there. In the [[6th century BC]], Miletus had become a maritime empire, having founded several colonies. It came under Persian rule until [[479 BC]], when the Greeks liberated it . During this time several other cities were formed by Milesian Greek settlers, spanning across [[Asia Minor]] and even into Crimea.
 Miletus was an important center of philosophy and science, producing such men as [[Thales]], [[Anaximander]] and [[Anaximenes of Miletus|Anaximenes]].
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 In [[334 BC]], the city was liberated from Persian rule by [[Alexander the Great]].
-The New Testament mentions Miletus as the site where the apostle Paul met with the elders of the church of [[Ephesus]] before his capture and travel to Rome for trial, as well as the city where Trophimus, one of Paul's travelling companions, recovered while sick.
+The New Testament mentions Miletus as the site where the apostle Paul met with the elders of the church of [[Ephesus]] before his capture in Jerusalem and travel to Rome for trial, as well as the city where Trophimus, one of Paul's travelling companions, recovered while sick.