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Bithynia (/ b ɪ ˈ θ ɪ n i ə /; Koinē Greek: Βιθυνία, romanized: Bithynía) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea.
- Bithynia and Pontus
Bithynia and Pontus (Latin: Provincia Bithynia et Pontus,...
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63 BC. Today part of. Turkey. The Kingdom of Bithynia (...
- Bithynia and Pontus
Bithynia, ancient district in northwestern Anatolia, adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea, thus occupying an important and precarious position between East and West. Late in the 2nd millennium bc, Bithynia was occupied by warlike tribes of Thracian origin who harried Greek.
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Bithynia and Pontus ( Latin: Provincia Bithynia et Pontus, Ancient Greek Επαρχία Βιθυνίας και Πόντου) was the name of a province of the Roman Empire on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey).
Bithynia as a province of the Roman Empire, 125 AD. Bithynia was an old kingdom of a Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor. It was at the coast of the Black Sea. It was named after the Bithyni, a tribe that moved there from Thrace. It was an important territory for the Roman empire.
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May 23, 2018 · Bithynia (bĬthĬn´ēə), ancient country of NW Asia Minor [1], in present-day Turkey. The original inhabitants were Thracians who established themselves as independent and were given some autonomy after Cyrus the Great [2] incorporated Bithynia into the Persian Empire.
