Bithynia

[bih-thin-ee-uh]

noun

1. an ancient state in NW Asia Minor.

Bithynia

/ bɪˈθɪnɪə /

noun

1. an ancient country on the Black Sea in NW Asia Minor

Other Word Forms

• Bithynian adjective

Example Sentences

Having gone through his rites of manhood in Rome, the ambitious young Julius Caesar — Gaius in the opera — is sent to Bithynia to collect ships from King Nicomedes.

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Caesar later denied that he had an affair with Nicomedes, despite his long dalliance in Bithynia.

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Thee with what joy, what rapture do I view, Returned from Thynia and Bithynia’s plain!

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He turned north through Phrygia-Galatia, hoping to find a field in Bithynia, but was again disappointed.

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Appointed Proconsul of Bithynia, and afterwards Consul, he displayed the energies and the abilities of a statesman.

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