Psyllium (Bithynia)
Appearance move to sidebar hidePsyllium or Psyllion (Ancient Greek: Ψύλλιον), or Psylleium or Psylleion (Ψύλλειον), or Psillium or Psillion, or Psylla (Ψύλλα), was a fortified emporium on the coast of ancient Bithynia located on the Pontus Euxinus between Crenides and Tium. The Tabula Peutingeriana erroneously calls it Scylleum.
Its site is located near Ağva in Asiatic Turkey.
References
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.1.7.
- ^ Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, 14; Anon. Peripl. P. E., p. 5; Marcian, p. 70.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Psyllium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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