What is Bithynia?
[[File:Roman Empire - Bythinia et Pontus (125 AD).svg|300px|right|thumbnail|Bithynia as a province of the [[Roman Empire]], 125 AD]] '''Bithynia''' was an old [[kingdom]] of a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[province]] in the northwest of [[Asia Minor]].<ref>Matthew Bunson, ''Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire'' (New York: Facts On File, 2002), p. 76</ref> It was at the coast of the [[Black Sea]]. It was named after the Bithyni, a tribe that moved there from Thrace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ancientanatolia.com/sites/ancient_districts.htm |title=Ancient Districts |author= |date=2011 |website= |publisher=Thracian Ltd. |accessdate=2 April 2015 |archive-date=14 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114233532/http://www.ancientanatolia.com/sites/ancient_districts.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was an important territory for the Roman empire. Bithynia was also the site of early [[Christian]] activities in the [[1st century|first]] and [[2nd century|second centuries]] [[AD]].<ref>Graham Stanton, ''Studies in Matthew and Early Christianity'' (Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2013), p. 406</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Further reading == * Stanley Jonathon Storey, ''Bithynia: history and administration to the time of Pliny the Younger'' (Ottawa, National Library of Canada, 1998) {{ISBN|0-612-34324-3}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:Byzantine Empire]]