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Heracleium (Bithynia)

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Town of Bithynia

Heracleium or Herakleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον) was a town of Bithynia, on the Propontis.

Its site is located near modern Ereğli, Asiatic Turkey.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

40°42′03″N 29°39′47″E / 40.70093°N 29.662955°E / 40.70093; 29.662955

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