Bithynia
[bi'θiniә]
Definition
(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.
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Examples
- King Mithridates of Pontius, the Hellenized king of the southern shores of the Black Sea east of Bithynia, was pressing Rome into war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sirmium (on the River Save), Milan, Lyons, and Nicomedia (in Bithynia) were among such supplementary capitals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He made his real capital at Nicomedia in Bithynia; Constantinople across the Bosphorus was still being built when he died. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Kings with Hellenistic ideas appeared in Cappadocia, in Pontus (the south shore of the Black Sea), in Bithynia, and in Pergamum. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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