It was the intended target of crusades sent by Pope Clement VI when it was part of the Emirate of Aydin.
This city was the first one to initiate the deification of the Roman Empire in the form of Roma, and in Christian history it was the birthplace of Saint Irenaeus as well as his teacher, the martyr Polycarp. It was the intended target of crusades sent by Pope Clement VI when it was part of the Emirate of Aydin. Destroyed by Alyattes of Lydia, this city was rebuilt on the hill called Pagos by the Diadochi Antigonus and Lysimachus. This city was given to Greece in the Treaty of Sevres but the Greeks were driven out in 1922 and the Armenian and Greek quarters were destroyed by fire. For 10 points, name this city that lies on the western coast of present-day Turkey and is now called Izmir, and is generally considered the hometown of Homer.
This city was the first one to initiate the deification of the Roman Empire in the form of Roma, and in Christian history it was the birthplace of Saint Irenaeus as well as his teacher, the martyr Polycarp.
{Smyrna} (accept {Izmir} before it is mentioned)