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Adramytion, Mysia, 2nd Century B.C.
Attalus III, the last King of Pergamon, bestowed his kingdom to the Romans in his will, and thus, in 133 B.C., Adramyttium came under Roman control. The city became part of the province of Asia. Manius Aquillius, governor of the province of Asia from 129 to 126 B.C., rebuilt the road that connected Adramyttium and Smyrna. In the 1st century B.C., a famous school of oratory was located in Adramyttium. Adramyttium was the center of a conventus iuridicus, and its jurisdiction included the Troad and the western half of Mysia. Adramyttium was also the center of a conventus civium Romanorum in the second or early first century B.C. During the First Mithridatic War, Diodorus, a strategos and supporter of Mithridates VI, King of Pontus, had the members of the city council killed and granted control of the city to Mithridates. Following the completion of the conquest of the province of Asia in 88 B.C., Mithridates ordered the execution of all Roman settlers. At Adramyttium, the Romans were driven into the sea, where they were slaughtered. At the conclusion of the war, the province of Asia returned to Roman control and Xenocles of Adramyttium, a prominent orator, was sent to Rome to defend the actions of the city during the war. Adramyttium, however, was deprived of its autonomy, and was henceforth obligated to pay regular taxes to Rome.GB02454. Bronze AE 18, SNG BnF 5; Waddington 611; von Fritze Mysiens p. 10, 3; BMC Mysia p. 2, 2, VF, Adramytion (Edremit, Turkey) mint, weight 3.93g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, die axis 0o, 2nd century B.C.; obverse laureate, bearded head of Zeus left, NIKOΛOXOY (magistrate) below; reverse horseman prancing right, hand raised, tiny MKE monogram upper left (control), AΔPAMY/TH-NΩN in two lines starting above and ending below; rare; SOLD
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