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Doriscus was an ancient settlement in Thrace (modern-day Bulgaria), on the northern shores of Aegean Sea. It was notable for remaining in Persian hands for many years after the Second Persian invasion of Greece, and remained thus known as the last Persian stronghold in Europe.〔Raymond A. Bowman. (''Aramaic Ritual Texts from Persepolis'' ) Vol.91 University of Chicago Press, 1970 p 61〕〔E.O. Blunsom. (''The Past And Future Of Law'' ) Xlibris Corporation, 10 apr. 2013 ISBN 978-1462875160 p 101〕 The ancient city was located in a vast plain of the same name, where the River Hebrus was crossing in the middle. The city fell into the Persian hands without any resistance, during the Darius the Great' Scythian Expedition and inclusion of the Black Sea territories into the Persian Empire, around 522 BCE.〔Amelie Kuhrt. ''The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period'', Routledge (2007), p. 209〕 He built a Royal Fortress and stationed a large number of Persian troops there. Herodotus (7.59) reports that Xerxes the Great, during his campaign of invading the Greek City States in 480 BCE, was the first place he stopped to review his troops after crossing the Hellespont.〔Christopher J. Tuplin, Xerxes' March from Doriscus to Therme, ''Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte'', Bd 52, H. 4 (2003), pp. 385-409〕 Herodotus also writes that Xerxes I of Persia made Mascames, son of Megadostes, governor of Doriscus in order to replace the man Darius I had appointed. Doriscus is notable as it was one of the few Persian towns in the Balkans that remained under the Persian sway, even after the Second Persian invasion of Greece.〔E.O. Blunsom. (''The Past And Future Of Law'' ) Xlibris Corporation, 10 apr. 2013 ISBN 978-1462875160 p 101〕 The Athenian general Cimon that led the conquests after the Persian retreat was unable to capture it.〔E.O. Blunsom. (''The Past And Future Of Law'' ) Xlibris Corporation, 10 apr. 2013 ISBN 978-1462875160 p 101〕 Herodotus states that Doriscus "was never taken" from the Persians.〔E.O. Blunsom. (''The Past And Future Of Law'' ) Xlibris Corporation, 10 apr. 2013 ISBN 978-1462875160 p 101〕 Its governor Mascamos was honored by the Persian king for his defence.〔E.O. Blunsom. (''The Past And Future Of Law'' ) Xlibris Corporation, 10 apr. 2013 ISBN 978-1462875160 p 101〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doriscus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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