Paphlagonia

American  

[paf-luh-goh-nee-uh, -gohn-yuh] / ˌpæf ləˈgoʊ ni ə, -ˈgoʊn jə /

noun

1. an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.

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Paphlagonia British  

/ ˌpæfləˈɡəʊnɪə /

noun

1. an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the Black Sea

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Paphlagonia

In the division of the empire on Alexander’s death, Cappadocia and Paphlagonia were assigned to Eumenes; but as they were not yet subdued, Leonnatus and Antigonus were charged by Perdiccas to put him in possession.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

Following upon these events Marcus Titius and Statilius Taurus made a sudden charge upon Antony's cavalry, which they defeated, and won over Philadelphus, king of Paphlagonia.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

So things went within the borders of Ionia, Cilicia, Paphlagonia, and Galatia.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

The Zeibeks of the west and south-west are apparently representatives of the Carians and Lycians; and the peasants of the Black Sea coast range of the people of Bithynia, Paphlagonia and Pontus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Lucian’s history of the rise of the new oracle in Paphlagonia is not, perhaps, free from some suspicion of personal antipathy to the founder of it.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel