The Ionian League, was a confederation of twelve Ionian Greek city-states located along the coast of Asia Minor.

Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction ...

Some 2,000 years ago, these structures stood in the ancient city of Teos—a thriving ... once called the city “the center of Ionia,” Greece’s territory in present-day Turkey.