Editing Mysia (section)

== Geography ==
The precise limits of Mysia are difficult to assign. The Phrygian frontier was fluctuating, while in the northwest the [[Troad]] was only sometimes included in Mysia.<ref name=EB1911/> The northern portion was known as "Lesser Phrygia" or ({{langx|grc|μικρὰ Φρυγία|mikra Phrygia}}; {{langx|la|Phrygia Minor}}), while the southern was called "Greater Phrygia" or "Pergamene Phrygia". Mysia was in later times also known as [[Hellespontine Phrygia]] ({{langx|grc|Ἑλλησποντιακὴ Φρυγία|Hellespontiake Phrygia}}; {{langx|la|Phrygia Hellespontica}}) or "Acquired Phrygia" ({{langx|grc|ἐπίκτητος Φρυγία|epiktetos Phrygia}}; {{langx|la|Phrygia Epictetus}}), so named when the region was annexed to the [[Attalid kingdom]].<ref>[[Strabo]], ''Geographia'', XII.5.3</ref>

Under [[Augustus]], Mysia occupied the whole of the northwest corner of Asia Minor, between the [[Hellespont]] and the [[Propontis]] to the north, [[Bithynia]] and [[Phrygia]] to the east, [[Lydia]] to the south, and the [[Aegean Sea]] to the west.<ref name=Smith/>

===Land and elevation===
[[File:MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-500 BC.jpg|thumb|Coin of [[Kyzikos]], Mysia. Circa 550–500 BC]]

The chief physical features of Mysia are the two [[mountain]]s—[[Uludağ|Mount Olympus]] at (7600&nbsp;ft) in the north and Mount Temnus in the south, which for some distance separates Mysia from [[Lydia]] and afterwards prolonged through Mysia to the neighbourhood of the Gulf of Adramyttium. The major rivers in the northern part of the province are the [[Macestus]] and its tributary the [[Rhyndacus]], both of which rise in [[Phrygia]] and, after diverging widely through Mysia, unite their waters below the lake of [[Ulubat Gölü|Apolloniatis]] about {{convert|15|mi|km}} from the Propontis. The [[Caïcus]] in the south rises in Temnus, and from thence flows westward to the [[Aegean Sea]], passing within a few miles of [[Pergamon]]. In the northern portion of the province are two considerable lakes, Artynia or Apolloniatis (Abulliont Geul) and Aphnitis (Maniyas Geul), which discharge their waters into the Macestus from the east and west respectively.<ref name=EB1911/>

===Cities===
The most important cities were Pergamon in the valley of the [[Caïcus]], and [[Cyzicus]] on the [[Propontis]]. The whole sea-coast was studded with Greek towns, several of which were places of considerable importance; thus the northern portion included [[Parium]], [[Lampsacus]] and [[Abydos, Hellespont|Abydos]], and the southern [[Assos]], [[Adramyttium]]. Further south, on the Eleatic Gulf, were [[Elaea (Aeolis)|Elaea]], [[Myrina (Mysia)|Myrina]] and [[Cyme (Aeolis)|Cyme]].<ref name=EB1911/>