Arisba or Arisbe (; Eth. Ἀρισβαίος), was a town of Mysia. Its site is tentatively located at Musakoy in Asiatic Turkey.
History Late Bronze Age At the end of the Late Bronze Age, in connection with the Trojan War, it was mentioned by Homer in the same line with Sestos and Abydus.Homer, Iliad 2.837
Iron Age It was between Percote and Abydus,Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica Ἀρίσβη a colony of Mytilene, founded by Scamandrius and Ascanius, son of Aeneas. It was a member of the Delian League.Athenian Tribute Lists
Classical Age Hellenistic period The army of Alexander the Great mustered here after crossing the Hellespont.Arrian, The Anabasis of Alexander 1.12 When the wandering Gauls passed over into Asia, on the invitation of Attalus I, they occupied Arisba, but were soon defeated, in 216 BCE, by Prusias I of Bithynia.Pol. 5.111 In Strabo's time, the place was almost forgotten.
Roman period There are coins of Arisbe from the Roman emperor Trajan's time (early 2nd century), and also autonomous coins.
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