Prusa (Bithynia)
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Prousa
)Historic town of ancient Bithynia or of Mysia
Prusa or Prousa (
Dion Chrysostomus, who was a native of the town in the first and second centuries, that it was neither very ancient nor very large.[1] It was, however, as Strabo remarks well governed, continued to flourish under the Roman emperors,[2][3] and was celebrated for its warm baths that bore the name of the "royal waters."[4][5] Under the Byzantine emperors it suffered much during the wars against the Ottoman Turks;[6]
when at last it fell into their hands, it was for a time the capital of their empire under the name of Bursa, which it still bears.
Its site is occupied by the modern city of Bursa, Asiatic Turkey.[7][8]
See also
References
- ^ Orat. xliv.9, p. 585.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xii. p. 564. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pliny the Younger, Ep. 10.85.
- ^ Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Vol. 2.43.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Θέρμα.
- ^ Nicet. Chon. pp. 186, 389
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ 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). "Prusa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Further reading
- Corsten, Thomas (1991/1993). Die Inschriften von Prusa ad Olympum. 2 vols., Bonn: Habelt.
40°11′05″N 29°03′41″E / 40.184818°N 29.061495°E / 40.184818; 29.061495
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