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Nicopolis (Bithynia)

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Nicopolis or Nikopolis (Ancient Greek: Νικόπολις, "city of victory") was a town of ancient Bithynia, on the Bosphorus. Pliny the Elder notes that it stood upon a Gulf which in his time still bore the name, north from Chrysopolis.

Its precise site is unlocated.

References

  1. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.43.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Nicopolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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