roman province was the ancient area of asia minor including aegean islands.
roman province was the ancient area of asia minor including aegean islands.
ancient area of asia minor including aegean islands?
roman province
bullet::::- other areas of historical greek presence in asia minor, most notably the regions around the propontis and on the western anatolian coast. regions not already mentioned include aeolis, doris, troad, bithynia, mysia and the strategic straits hellespont and bosphorus









































bullet::::- more extravagant claims include the former territories of the byzantine empire and the ecumenical patriarchate of constantinople, which roughly denotes the lands between contemporary greece and the upper euphrates









































bullet::::- cyprus









































bullet::::- aegean islands









































bullet::::- aegean islands









































bullet::::- imbros and tenedos









































bullet::::- macedonia









































bullet::::- macedonia









































bullet::::- historical region of pelagonia









































bullet::::- epirus









































bullet::::- southern epirus









































bullet::::- northern epirus
megali idea
the vast majority of the aegean islands belong to greece, being split among nine administrative regions. the only sizable possessions of turkey in the aegean sea are imbros (gökçeada) and tenedos (bozcaada), in the northeastern part of the sea. various smaller islets off turkey's western coast are also under turkish sovereignty.









































most of the islands enjoy warm summer temperatures and cold winter temperatures, influenced by the mediterranean climate.









































section::::groups of islands.









































the aegean islands are traditionally subdivided into seven groups, from north to south:









































bullet::::- northeastern aegean islands ("thracian sea")









































bullet::::- west aegean islands ("euboea")









































bullet::::- sporades ("northern")









































bullet::::- cyclades
aegean islands