Bithynia
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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.[1] It was at the coast of the Black Sea. It was named after the Bithyni, a tribe that moved there from Thrace.[2] It was an important territory for the Roman empire. Bithynia was also the site of early Christian activities in the first and second centuries AD.[3]
Bithynia Media
Location of Bithynia within Asia Minor/Anatolia
A 15th-century map showing Bithynia.
The Constantinople Gate in Nicaea
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References
- ↑ Matthew Bunson, Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire (New York: Facts On File, 2002), p. 76
- ↑ "Ancient Districts". Thracian Ltd. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ↑ Graham Stanton, Studies in Matthew and Early Christianity (Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2013), p. 406
Further reading
- Stanley Jonathon Storey, Bithynia: history and administration to the time of Pliny the Younger (Ottawa, National Library of Canada, 1998) ISBN 0-612-34324-3
