Dascylium or Daskylion () or Daskyleion (Δασκυλεῖον) was a town of ancient Bithynia, mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium. see index here, Daskyleion Bithnias is mentioned on pages 9 and 98.William Smith says: "Stephanus B. (s. v.) mentions several Asiatic cities called Dascylium. The only place of any historical note is the town near the Propontis."
Its site is located near Eşkel, Asiatic Turkey.
History In 1399, french king Charles VI, in response to emperor Manuel II's call for help, sent an expeditionary force, led by marshal Jean II le Meingre 'Boucicaut', to defend Constantinople, besieged by ottoman forces. In autumn of that year, the small army, whilst attacking the turkish military apparatus, attacked and burned the medieval town, called DyaquisLALANDE, Denis, Jean II le Meingre, dit Boucicaut (1366-1421). Étude d’une biographie héroïque, Genève, Librairie Droz, 1988, p. 88..
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