Brunca_(Bithynia)

Brunca (Bithynia)

Brunca (Bithynia)

Town of ancient Bithynia

Brunca or Brunka or Brunga was a town of ancient Bithynia on the coast of the Propontis, on the road from Nicomedia to Libyssa, 13 M.P. from the former and 12 M.P. of the latter.[1][2]

Its site is tentatively located near Hereke/Yarımca, in Asiatic Turkey.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    It. Hieron, p. 572 ed. Wesseling
  2. [2]
    Walther Ruge: Brunga.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. III,1, Stuttgart 1897, col. 906.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

40°46′40″N 29°42′04″E


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