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(Redirected from Aulia (Bithynia)) Town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Bithynia

Metroon (Ancient Greek: Μητρῷον), also called Aulia. was a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Bithynia, described by Arrian (Periplus of the Euxine Sea 19) as 80 stades (ca. 13 km) east of Heraclea Pontica.

Its site is located near Köseağzı in Asiatic Turkey.

References

  1. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Ancient settlements in Turkey
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41°20′48″N 31°28′54″E / 41.346777°N 31.481785°E / 41.346777; 31.481785


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