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Bithynia ( / bɪˈθɪniə /; 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. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the Pontic coast, and ...
- 297–74 BC
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 settlers and Persian envoys alike.
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- 1. the ancient name for the region of north-western Asia Minor west of ancient Paphlagonia, bordering the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
Bithynia and Pontus ( Latin: Provincia Bithynia et Pontus, Ancient Greek Ancient Greek: Επαρχία Βιθυνίας και Πόντου, romanized : Eparkhía Bithynías kai Póntou) was the name of a province of the Roman Empire on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). It was formed during the late Roman Republic by the ...
Kingdom of Bithynia at its peak during the late reign of Prusias I (182 BC). The Kingdom of Bithynia ( Greek: Βιθυνία) was a Greek kingdom centred in the historical region of Bithynia, which seems to have been established in the fourth century BC. In the midst of the Wars of the Diadochi, Zipoites assumed the title of king ( basileus) in ...
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Other articles where Bithynia-Pontus is discussed: Pompey the Great: Reorganization of the East: …created the new provinces of Bithynia-Pontus and Cilicia. He annexed Syria and left Judaea as a dependent, diminished temple state. The organization of the East remains Pompey’s greatest achievement. His sound appreciation of the geographical and political factors involved enabled him to ...
Byzantine Bithynia. Bithynia was a region of northwest Asia Minor, opposite Constantinople. Bithynia became a separate province in the early 4th century. Besides its Capital, Nicomedia, Bithynia contained a few important cities, including Nicaea, Chalcedon and Prousa and rich agricultural land. Although its cities were eclipsed by the growth of ...
Bithynia. The ancient province of Bithynia, corresponding roughly to central-northern Turkey, was situated on a fertile plain between Asia Minor in the west, the mountains of Galatia in the South, Pontus to the East and the Black Sea to the North. Nestled in a crossroads of trade, Bithynia flourished for centuries and was highly prized.
