Bithynia
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Bithynia and Pontus as a province of the Roman Empire, 125 AD Bithynia (; ) is a geographical region of northwestern Asia Minor (in present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It borders Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the Black Sea coast, and Phrygia to the southeast towards the interior of Asia Minor.
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Bithynia was a geographical region in northwestern Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) that bordered several seas including the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. It mattered historically as a strategically located territory that was eventually incorporated into the Roman Empire as a province.
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- Iron Age
- Kingdom of Bithynia
- Roman province
- Byzantine province
- Notable people
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thumb|300px|Bithynia and Pontus as a province of the Roman Empire, 125 AD Bithynia (; ) is a geographical region of northwestern Asia Minor (in present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It borders Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the Black Sea coast, and Phrygia to the southeast towards the interior of Asia Minor.
Hellenistic Bithynia was an independent kingdom from the 3rd century BC. Its capital Nicomedia was rebuilt on the site of ancient Astacus in 264 BC by Nicomedes I. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 BC, and became united with the Pontus (region) region as the province of Bithynia and Pontus.