The Ionians were one of the four major tribes that the Greeks considered themselves to be divided into during the ancient period; the other three being the Dorians, Aeolians, and Achaeans. The Ionian
Ionian soldier (Old Persian cuneiform š¹š¢š“, YaunÄ) of the Achaemenid army, circa 480 BCE. Relief on the tomb of Xerxes I.
The Seleucid king Antiochos ("Aį¹tiyako Yona RÄjÄ" ("The Yona king Antiochos")) is named as a recipient of Ashoka's medical treatments, together with his Hellenistic neighbours, in the Edicts of Ashoka (circa 250 BCE).
"Aį¹tiyako Yona RÄjÄ" ("The Greek king Antiochos"), mentioned in Major Rock Edict No.2, here at Girnar. Brahmi script.
Portrait of Herodotus, Roman copy of a 4th century Greek original
Ionia was an ancient region encompassing the central part of the western coast of Anatolia. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements. Never a unified stat
Ionians
ā¦dialects. When referring to populations, "Ionian" defines several groups in Classical Greece. In its narrowest sense, the term referred to the region of Ionia in Asia Minor. In a broader sense, it could be used to describe all speakers of the Ionic dialect, which in addition to those in Ionia proper alsoā¦
Mount Mycale, site of the Panionium
Gorgone with serpent, Ionia, 575-550 BC.
One of the earliest electrum coins struck in Ephesus, 620ā600 BC. Obverse: Forepart of stag. Reverse: Square incuse punch.