Bithynia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Bithynian adjective
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times
The instrumentation now comprises a 13-player Western ensemble and, especially for the scenes in exotic Bithynia, five obbligato Asian instruments and a full American gamelan, meaning a Javanese-style mostly metallic percussion orchestra made in America.
From Los Angeles Times
Thee with what joy, what rapture do I view, Returned from Thynia and Bithynia’s plain!
From Project Gutenberg
He turned north through Phrygia-Galatia, hoping to find a field in Bithynia, but was again disappointed.
From Project Gutenberg
Appointed Proconsul of Bithynia, and afterwards Consul, he displayed the energies and the abilities of a statesman.
From Project Gutenberg
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