"Tota teguntur ergama dumetis: etiam periere ruinæ."
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Troy
Troy (Turkish: Troya, Greek: Τροία) or Ilion (Greek: Ίλιον, Latin: Ilium) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey. The place was first settled around 3600 BC and grew into a small fortified city around 3000 BC. During its four thousand years of existence, Troy was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt. As a result, the archaeological site that has been left, is divided into nine layers, each corresponding to a city built on the ruins of the previous. Archaeologists refer to these
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