1. Jason Howard Brendan nArancsik Renuka Suri
BITHYNIA
Jason Howard
Brendan nArancsik
Renuka Suri

2. A brief introduction
Bithynia – an early country of Asia Minor, which is located in present day Turkey.
The people who first settled there were the Thracians. Cyrus the Great had granted the Thracians a little autonomy, this was done after Bithyina was included into the Persian Empire.
A dynasty was developed under Zipoetes, who was soon followed by Nicomedes I. Nicomedia was established as the capital.
Upon his death, Nicomedes “willed Bithynia to Rome.”
Pliny the younger became the governor[c.AD 110] below Trajan, who was emperor.
Hadrian’s rule followed. This led to the “end of Bithynian prosperity.”
Source: Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Copyright [c] 2004

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Pliny the younger

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Bithynia is number 29 on this map of the roman empire

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7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lewis Naphtali and Reinhold Meyer Roman Civilization Volume II Columbia University Press. New York 1990
Pliny The Letters of the Younger Pliny Translated by Betty Radice. Penguin Books London 1963