Psyllium or Psyllion ( Ancient Greek: Ψύλλιον), or Psylleium or Psylleion (Ψύλλειον), or Psillium or Psillion, or Psylla (Ψύλλα), [1] was a fortified emporium on the coast of ancient Bithynia located on the Pontus Euxinus between Crenides and Tium. [2] [3] The Tabula Peutingeriana erroneously calls it Scylleum.
Its site is located near Ağva in Asiatic Turkey. [4] [5]
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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