Propontis
Britishnoun
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In the spring of the year 1352, their fleets met in the Propontis, and had a conflict almost unexampled, which lasted during two days and a tempestuous night.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
Whoever possesses the Bosphorus, Propontis, and Archipelago, must become a maritime nation in spite of treaties.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various
Nicomedia on its long gulf at the east end of the Propontis was a more eligible situation in every way, and had already served as an imperial residence.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
The northern side of the city is bounded by the harbour; and the southern is washed by the Propontis, or Sea of Marmora.
From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter
Strabo speaks generally of the cities round the Propontis in this sense.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
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