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Bebryces (Gauls)
The Bebryces ( el, Βέβρυκες) were a tribe of people who lived in Bithynia. According to Strabo they were one of the many Thracian tribes that had crossed from Europe into Asia, although modern scholars have rather argued for a Celtic origin. Name The name ''Bebryces'' could be related to the Celtic tribes ''Bebruces'', living in the Pyrenees, and ''Briboci'', dwelling in Britain, all ultimately stemming from Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic ''*brebu'' ('beaver'; see Gaulish language, Gaulish ''bebros'', ''bebrus'', Old Irish ''Bibar'', 'beaver'). Ivan Duridanov also suggested that the ethnonym was related to Indo-European words meaning "beaver". History According to legend they were defeated by Heracles or the Dioscuri,Apollonius of Rhodes who killed their king, Mygdon of Bebryces, Mygdon or Amycus. Their land was then given to King Lycus (mythology), Lycus of the Mariandynians, who built the city Heraclea Pontica, Heraclea there. Some say Amycus was a brother of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bithynia
Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the Pontic coast, and Phrygia to the southeast towards the interior of Asia Minor. Bithynia was an independent kingdom from the 4th century BC. Its capital Nicomedia was rebuilt on the site of ancient Astacus in 264 BC by Nicomedes I of Bithynia. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 BC, and became united with the Pontus region as the province of Bithynia et Pontus. In the 7th century it was incorporated into the Byzantine Opsikion theme. It became a border region to the Seljuk Empire in the 13th century, and was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Turks between 1325 and 1333. Description Several major cities sat on the fertile shores of the Propontis (which is now known as Sea o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
