And now in all the Greek cities of Aeolis and Ionia the oligarchies or tyrants friendly to Persia fell, and democracies were established under the eye of Alexander's officers.
This they employed in constructing a strong wall around their city, a defence which stood them in good stead when Ionia was attacked by Cyrus in 546.
Ionia was settled in 1833 by immigrants from German Flats, near Herkimer, New York.
Greece proper and Ionia supplied the petty Eastern princes with courtesans and female musicians and dancers.
These were grouped into five main geographical divisions (from 443 to 436; afterwards four, Caria being merged in Ionia).