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Troy
An ancient city made famous by Homer's account of the Trojan War. It is also
called Ilion or, in Latin, Ilium. Its site is almost universally accepted as the
mound now named Hissarlik, in Asian Turkey, located 4 miles from the mouth of
the Dardanelles. It has been definitely established that the Troy of the Trojan
War was a Phrygian city and the center of a region known as Troas. The culture
of the Trojans dates from the Bronze Age. The Romans, believing that they
themselves were descendants of Aeneas and other Trojans, favored the city.
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