Bithynia

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.

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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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Commons category: Bithynia
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 0074-00-00
inception: 0297-00-00
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Description
History
Iron Age
Kingdom of Bithynia
Roman province
Byzantine province
Notable people
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Hellenistic
Roman
Byzantine

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.