Bithynia
an ancient state in NW Asia Minor.
Historical Examples
The Works of Horace Horace
Hannibal Jacob Abbott
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD Robert F. Pennell
George Muller of Bristol Arthur T. Pierson
Ancient Rome Mary Agnes Hamilton
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 Various
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Various
The Two Great Retreats of History George Grote
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) Strabo
noun
an ancient country on the Black Sea in NW Asia Minor
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