Psyllium_(Bithynia) Knowpia

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]

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^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.1.7.
^ Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, 14; Anon. Peripl. P. E., p. 5; Marcian, p. 70.
^ 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.

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.

41°08′01″N 29°50′50″E / 41.133616°N 29.847158°E / 41.133616; 29.847158

[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[2] Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.1.7.

[3] Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, 14; Anon. Peripl. P. E., p. 5; Marcian, p. 70.

[Barrington-4] 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.

[DARE-5] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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