Bithynia et Pontus
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Roman province
Key facts
- Capital
- Nicomedia , (modern-day İzmit , Turkey )
- Historical era
- Antiquity
- Bithynia and pontus annexed
- 74 BC/64 BC
- Diocletian reforms
- c. 300 AD
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Roman province
- Country
- Ancient Rome
- Capital
- Nicomedia
- Image
- Roman Empire - Bythinia et Pontus (125 AD).svg
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- inception
- 0071-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0700-00-00
- Commons category
- Bithynia et Pontus
- topic's main category
- Category:Bithynia and Pontus
- time period
- Roman Empire
- replaces
- Kingdom of Bithynia
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofTurkey
Bithynia and Pontus (Latin: Provincia Bithynia et Pontus; Ancient Greek: Ἐπαρχία Βιθυνίας καὶ Πόντου, romanized: Eparkhía Bithynías kaì 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 amalgamation of the former kingdoms of Bithynia (made a province by Rome 74 BC) and Pontus (annexed to Bithynia 74 BC). The amalgamation was part of a wider conquest of Anatolia and its reduction to Roman provinces.
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