Prusa

settlement · 1750 BC – 2000 AD

Human settlement at Prusa began as a site called Cius that came under the control of the king of Bithynia in 202 BC. The city was renamed Prusias and was eventually willed to the Roman Empire in 74 BC by Nicomedes IV, the last King of Bithynia.

Coordinates

40.18290, 29.06382

Also known as

Brussa, Bursa (ota), Bursa, Brussa (tr), Bursā, Burūsa,Burusa (ota), Burṣā, Bursa (arb), Kios (grc), Prousa (grc), Prousa am Olympos, Prousa at the Olympos (grc), Prousias (grc), Prusad Olympum (la), Prvsad Olympvm (la), Προῦσα (grc), بروسه (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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