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An exploration of the Roman Provinces of the Ancient Near East |
Asia Minor
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 Pontus & Bithynia
Historical Thread
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Pontus was a name which was applied in ancient times to extensive tracts of country in the northeast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) bordering on the Euxine (Black Sea). What exactly 'Pontus' comprised varied greatly at different times. Originally, as most of it lay within Cappadocia, which then extended from the borders of Cilicia to the Euxine, the kingdom as a whole was at first called "Cappadocia towards the Pontus". Later it was simply "Pontus," the name Cappadocia being retained for southern half of the region previously included under that name. With the subjection of Pontus by Pompey in 64 BC the seaboard part was annexed to the Roman Empire, being united with Bithynia in a double province called Pontus and Bithynia.
Bithynia was in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine (today Black Sea). The last king, Nicomedes III bequeathed his kingdom by will to the Romans (74 BC).
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three kings (* Mauricius Fabius, Nov 20, 2007 - 16:54 ) 2 other cities (* Mauricius Fabius, Nov 17, 2007 - 06:44 ) 3 cities in Bithynia (* Mauricius Fabius, Nov 16, 2007 - 15:50 ) more notes on Bithynia (* Mauricius Fabius, Nov 11, 2007 - 16:35 ) This is great (* Antinous Flavius, Oct 27, 2007 - 16:30 ) notes (* Mauricius Fabius, Oct 27, 2007 - 13:58 ) The Mithridatid Kings of Pontus (* Laodice Xanthippos, Mar 23, 2006 - 16:51 ) Kings of Bithynia (* Laodice Xanthippos, Mar 16, 2006 - 16:10 )|
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