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Bithynia (/ b ɪ ˈ θ ɪ n i ə /; Koinē Greek: Βιθυνία, romanized: Bithynía) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea.
The Kingdom of Bithynia (Greek: Βιθυνία) was a Hellenistic kingdom centred in the historical region of Bithynia, which seems to have been established in the fourth century BC. In the midst of the Wars of the Diadochi, Zipoites assumed the title of king in 297 BC.
It was formed during the late Roman Republic by the amalgamation of the former kingdoms of Bithynia (made a province by Rome 74 BC) and Pontus (annexed to Bithynia 63 BC). The amalgamation was part of a wider conquest of Anatolia and its reduction to Roman provinces.
Bithynia, ancient district in northwestern Anatolia, adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea, thus occupying an important and precarious position between East and West.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Kingdom of Bithynia was an ancient Hellenistic kingdom located in the northwest region of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), bordered by the Black Sea to the north, the Propontis (Sea of Marmara) to the west, and the regions of Paphlagonia and Galatia to the east.
2019. The kingdom of Bithynia arose during the age of Alexander and his successors, and, thanks to its ambitious and charismatic kings, became the dominant power in the Propontic area within a few decades.
May 23, 2018 · Bithynia (bĬthĬn´ēə), ancient country of NW Asia Minor [1], in present-day Turkey. The original inhabitants were Thracians who established themselves as independent and were given some autonomy after Cyrus the Great [2] incorporated Bithynia into the Persian Empire.
