Prusias ad Hypium

Prusias ad Hypium
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Stone fragments at Prusias ad Hypium ruins.
Prusias ad Hypium is located in Turkey
Prusias ad Hypium
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LocationTurkey
RegionDüzce Province
Coordinates40°54′22″N 31°08′53″E / 40.90611°N 31.14806°E / 40.90611; 31.14806
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsHellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman
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Prusias ad Hypium (Ancient Greek: Προῦσα πρὸς τῷ Ὑππίῳ ποταμῷ)[1] was a city in ancient Bithynia, and afterwards in the late Roman province of Honorias. In the 4th century it became a bishopric that was a suffragan of Claudiopolis in Honoriade. Before its conquest by King Prusias I of Bithynia, it was named Cierus or Kieros (Ancient Greek: Κίερος) and belonged to the Heraclea Pontica.[2] Photius writes that it was called Kieros, after the river which flows by it.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Geography.5.1.13 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Prusa
  3. ^ Photius, Bibliotheca excerpts, § 224.32.1