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Definition of Bithynia

1. Noun. An ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC.

Definition of Bithynia

1. Proper noun. An ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bithynia

Literary usage of Bithynia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Julius Caesar by Napoleon (1865)
"(3) If the traffic was considerable on the coasts of bithynia, thanks to the Greek colonies, the interior was not less prosperous by its agriculture, ..."

2. A Manual of Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by George Rawlinson (1871)
"KINGDOM OF bithynia. 1. Though bithynia was conquered by Croesus (supra, p. 52), and submitted readily to Cyrus, when he absorbed the Semi inde Lydian ..."

3. Supplementary Papers by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"F. CITIES AND BISHOPRICS OF bithynia. ... carefully the topography of bithynia, a country which I have never seen, ... bithynia Secunda is not a civil, ..."

4. The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria by of Alexandria Appianus (1899)
"BOOK XII THE MITHRIDATIC WARS CHAPTER I Prusias, King of bithynia — His Attack upon Attalus — His Son Nico- medes — Conspiracy against Prusias — Death of ..."

5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"They deserted with pre- Ih" c^Se* cipitation their advantageous post, and abandoned the town of 'bithynia Chalcedon, most plentifully stored with arms and ..."

6. A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1850)
"It was rebuilt, however, £y Prusias, king of bithynia, who called it Apamea, after his queen. The ruins are near the site now called ..."

7. History of Julius Caesar by Napoleon (1865)
"(3) If the traffic was considerable on the coasts of bithynia, thanks to the Greek colonies, the interior was not less prosperous by its agriculture, ..."

8. A Manual of Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by George Rawlinson (1871)
"KINGDOM OF bithynia. 1. Though bithynia was conquered by Croesus (supra, p. 52), and submitted readily to Cyrus, when he absorbed the Semi inde Lydian ..."

9. Supplementary Papers by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"F. CITIES AND BISHOPRICS OF bithynia. ... carefully the topography of bithynia, a country which I have never seen, ... bithynia Secunda is not a civil, ..."

10. The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria by of Alexandria Appianus (1899)
"BOOK XII THE MITHRIDATIC WARS CHAPTER I Prusias, King of bithynia — His Attack upon Attalus — His Son Nico- medes — Conspiracy against Prusias — Death of ..."

11. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"They deserted with pre- Ih" c^Se* cipitation their advantageous post, and abandoned the town of 'bithynia Chalcedon, most plentifully stored with arms and ..."

12. A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1850)
"It was rebuilt, however, £y Prusias, king of bithynia, who called it Apamea, after his queen. The ruins are near the site now called ..."

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