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= Chersonesos (Thrace) = Chersonesos (Ancient Greek: Χερσόνησος) was an ancient Greek city located in Thrace, located in the region of the Thracian Chersonesos. Known for its series of tyrants that ruled the area in the ancient Greek world.

Tyrants
According to the Greek Historian Herodotus, Militiades the Elder was chosen by the Dolonci to be tyrant of Chersonesos, where he build a long wall to guard from invaders crossing the isthmus. Following the death of Militiades the Elder, his maternal half brother, Stesagoras acquired power.

Stesagoras only ruled for approximately three years (519 - 513 BCE), when he was struck in the head by an axe. The Peisistratids sent Militiades the Younger, Stesagoras' brother, to mourn and honor the death of his brother. However, after some period of greiving, Militiades the Younger restrained all the powerful men of Chersonesos, and seized control of the area. He later abandoned the area when Darius I invaded the area in 493 BCE.