Phocæa

Phocæa, the most northerly of the Ionian cities in Asia Minor, originally a colony from Athens. It stood on a peninsula between the gulfs of Elais and Smyrna, and had an excellent harbour; and the Phocæans were distinguished among the Greeks for their nautical enterprise. When the city was besieged by the Persians in the time of Cyrus, many of its inhabitants emigrated to Corsica; Massilia (Marseilles) was a Phocæan colony. The old city survived into the later empire; its ruins are still known as Karadscha Tokia.