Historical place profile
Prusa
Human settlement at Prusa began as a site called Cius that came under the control of the king of Bithynia in 202 BC. The city was renamed Prusias and was eventually willed to the Roman Empire in 74 BC by Nicomedes IV, the last King of Bithynia.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:511384
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:511384
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.182899, 29.063819
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Human settlement at Prusa began as a site called Cius that came under the control of the king of Bithynia in 202 BC. The city was renamed Prusias and was eventually willed to the Roman Empire in 74 BC by Nicomedes IV, the last King of Bithynia.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 52 E4 Prusa
Source and reuse
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Research path
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