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<small>''For the city in [[New York]] State see [[Troy (NY)]].''</small>

'''Troy''' (Ancient Greek: Τροία), archaeological site in northwestern [[Turkey]], chief city of the [[Trojans]] during the siege by the [[Greeks]] in the [[Trojan War]], an event described in poetic terms in [[Homer]]'s [[Iliad]] to have taken place around the 12th century B.C.<ref>Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979</ref>  Archaeological research is centered on Hisarlık Tepe, a small hillock in the province Çanakkale in which archaeologists [[Frank Calvert]] and [[Heinrich Schliemann]] identified as the most probable site of Troy in the 1860's, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

'''Troy''' (Greek: Τροία) also known as Ilium, was the chief city of the [[Trojans]] in [[Asia Minor]].  It was attacked and laid siege to by the [[Greeks]] in the [[Trojan War]], an historical event described in poetic terms in [[Homer]]'s [[Iliad]].  One date put forth for when this occurred is 1184 B.C.<ref>Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979</ref>  The German archaeologist [[Heinrich Schliemann]] identified the most probable site of Troy in the 1870's.

In addition to Homer, the Roman poet [[Virgil]] set down the [[Aeneid]], an epic of the founding of ancient [[Rome]] by a Trojan prince who fled the city after the Greeks sacked it.

 

The ancient [[Roman]]s believed that they were descended from the Trojans, through [[Aeneas]], a Trojan prince who fled the city after the Greeks sacked it. This story is told in [[Virgil]]'s [[Aeneid]], the most important Roman epic poem.

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