Bithynia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Bithynian adjective
Example Sentences
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Having gone through his rites of manhood in Rome, the ambitious young Julius Caesar — Gaius in the opera — is sent to Bithynia to collect ships from King Nicomedes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2017
The instrumentation now comprises a 13-player Western ensemble and, especially for the scenes in exotic Bithynia, five obbligato Asian instruments and a full American gamelan, meaning a Javanese-style mostly metallic percussion orchestra made in America.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2017
When Roman agents came for him in Bithynia on the Black Sea in Anatolia in 183 B.C., he committed suicide rather than submit to Rome.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
He fought against Roman forces as an ally of the kings of Syria and Bithynia.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Appointed Proconsul of Bithynia, and afterwards Consul, he displayed the energies and the abilities of a statesman.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
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