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Miletus: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Balat • Palation

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Miletus: Greco-Roman theatre
Miletus, western Anatolia
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Key People

Anaximander
Anaximander
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Histiaeus
ruler of Miletus
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Alexander Polyhistor
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Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius
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