Bithynium
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City in the interior of Bithynia
Bithynium or Bithynion (
Dio Cassius speaks of it under the name of Bithynium and Claudiopolis also.[4] It later bore the name Hadriana after the emperor.[5]
The names of Claudiopolis and Hadriana appear on coins minted here.
The town was Christianised early and became an
Claudiopolis in Honoriade.[6] A former titular see under the name of Claudiopolis in Bithynia was suppressed.[7]
Its site is occupied by the modern town of Bolu, Asiatic Turkey.[5][8]
References
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 565. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 11.97.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "9.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- Dio Cassius, 69.11. ed. Reimarus, and his note.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Bithynium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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