Bithynia: Quick Facts


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cave dwellings in Cappadocia
Anatolia
historical region, Asia
ancient Middle East
ancient Middle East
historical region, Asia
Roman Forum
ancient Rome
ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia
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Turkey
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Key People

Illustration of Hannibal the Carthaginian general wearing a metal helmet and armor, holding a shield decorated with a horse.
Hannibal
Carthaginian general [247-c.181 BCE]
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Younger
Roman author
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Arrian
Greek historian
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Herophilus
Alexandrian physician
The emperor Macrinus
Macrinus
Roman emperor
Jovian
Jovian
Roman emperor
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Heracleides Ponticus
Greek philosopher and astronomer
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Asclepiades Of Bithynia
Greek physician
Antinoüs
Antinoüs
companion of Hadrian