Bithynia
Americannoun
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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 ● Jun. 14, 2017
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 ● Jun. 13, 2017
When Roman agents came for him in Bithynia on the Black Sea in Anatolia in 183 B.C., he committed suicide rather than submit to Rome.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
He fought against Roman forces as an ally of the kings of Syria and Bithynia.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
He turned north through Phrygia-Galatia, hoping to find a field in Bithynia, but was again disappointed.
From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner
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