Bithynians

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The Bithynians were an ancient people of northwestern Anatolia, known for their kingdom of Bithynia along the coast of the Propontis and the Black Sea.

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Bithynians canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people
ethnic group
annexationCentury 1st century BC
becameClientStateOf Roman Republic
capitalOfKingdom Nicaea
Nicomedia
coastalSea Black Sea
Propontis
linked to: Sea of Marmara
continent Asia
countryToday Turkey
culturalOrigin Thracian tribes
linked to: Thracians
economy agriculture
animal husbandry
timber trade
ethnogenesisLocation Bithynia
inhabitedRegion Bithynia
Black Sea coast
Propontis coast
linked to: Propontis area
knownFromSource Herodotus
Strabo
Xenophon
languageFamily Thracian
linked to: Thracians
laterIncorporatedInto Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus
locatedIn Anatolia
Asia Minor
northwestern Anatolia
migratedFrom Thrace
militaryRole supplied troops to Hellenistic armies
neighboringPeople Galatians
Greeks
Mysians
Paphlagonians
Phrygians
notableRuler Nicomedes I of Bithynia
Nicomedes II Epiphanes
Nicomedes III Euergetes
Nicomedes IV of Bithynia
linked to: Nicomedes IV
politicalEntity Kingdom of Bithynia
politicalStatus Hellenistic kingdom
religion Greek polytheism
ancient Anatolian religion
ruledBy Bithynian kings
linked to: King of Bithynia
syncretizedWith Greek culture
territoryAnnexedBy Roman Republic
urbanCenter Chalcedon
Nicaea
Nicomedia
Prusias ad Mare

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Astacus nearPeople Bithynians
Ziaelas of Bithynia ethnicGroup Bithynians
Prusias I Cholus ethnicGroup Bithynians
Mysians neighboringPeople Bithynians