Thynias ( Ancient Greek: Θυνιάς) was a town of ancient Thrace on the coast of the Pontus Euxinus on a promontory of the same name (modern İğneada Burnu), [1] mentioned by numerous ancient authors. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It was located north of Salmydessus, which was probably at one time in the territories of the Thyni, although Strabo speaks of the district as belonging to the people of Apollonia. [7] According to Pliny the Elder, the town was placed a little to the south of the promontory. [3]
Its site is located near İğneada in European Turkey. [8] [9]
References
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.2.5.
- ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.11.18.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.319, xii. p. 541. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Scymn. 727; Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, p 24; Anon. Per. P. Eux. p. 15; Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.11.4.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p. 319. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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