What is this word bithynia?
Noun. 1. Bithynia – an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC. Nicaea – an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325.
What is bithynia called today?
Today part of. Turkey. Bithynia and Pontus (Latin: Provincia Bithynia et Pontus, Ancient Greek Επαρχία Βιθυνίας και Πόντου) was the name of a province of the Roman Empire on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey).
Where is bithynia in the Bible?
Anatolia
Bithynia
| Bithynia (Βιθυνία) | |
|---|---|
| Ancient Region of Anatolia | |
| Bithynia and Pontus as a province of the Roman Empire, 125 AD | |
| Location | Northern Anatolia |
| State existed | 297–74 BC |
Where was Bithynia in the Bible?
Where is Galatians today?
The territory in modern central Turkey known as Galatia was an oddity in the eastern world. An area in the highlands of central Anatolia (now Turkey), it was bounded on the north by Bithynia and Paphlagonia, on the east by Pontus, on the south by Lycaonia and Cappadocia, and on the west by the remainder of Phrygia.
What is Phrygia called today?
In classical antiquity, Phrygia (/ˈfrɪdʒiə/; Ancient Greek: Φρυγία, Phrygía [pʰryɡía]; Turkish: Frigya) (also known as the Kingdom of Muska) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centred on the Sangarios River.
What does Phrygia spell?
1 : a native or inhabitant of ancient Phrygia. 2 : the extinct Indo-European language of the Phrygians — see Indo-European Languages Table.
Where is modern day mysia?
Turkey
Mysia (UK /ˈmɪsiə/, US /ˈmɪʒə/ or /ˈmiːʒə/; Greek: Μυσία, Latin: Mysia, Turkish: Misya) was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian part of modern Turkey).
Where is modern day troas?
Troas, also called Troad, the land of Troy, ancient district formed mainly by the northwestern projection of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) into the Aegean Sea.
What is the meaning of Bithynia?
Bithynia (/bɪˈθɪniə/; Koine Greek: Βιθυνία, Bithynía) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine Sea.
Where is Bithynia now?
From Bithynia, now in northern Turkey, a moderate and Conscientious Roman governor famously addressed his emperor about the problems posed by Christians in the year 96.
What is the meaning of bi·Thyn·I·a?
Bi·thyn·i·a. An ancient country of northwest Asia Minor in present-day Turkey. Originally inhabited by Thracians, it was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the first century bc. Bi·thyn′i·an adj. & n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
What is the difference between Bithynia and Nicaea?
Bithynia – an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC Nicaea – an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325