 Pliny the Elder, for his part, says it was adjacent to the Propontis, where were also the cities of Tiristasis and Cissa.Isocrates highlights the excellent situation, from the strategic point of view, of the city, as a point of control of the Hellespont.Wherefore, the year 365 BCE, it was conquered, along with Sestos, by the Athenians under the command of Timotheus.