place
Smyrna
also: Smyrnae, Smyrnaeus
A major Greek city on the coast of the province of Asia (modern Izmir); home of Nicias, and the place where Quintus had two Mysians sewn into a sack as a show of severity (Q.fr 1.2).
Reading notes
- Eleventh Philippic §5 entry by night into Smyrna
Smyrna (modern Izmir), a wealthy and ancient Greek city of the province of Asia and a faithful ally of Rome, where Trebonius held his seat as governor.