Brunca (Bithynia)
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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
- ^ It. Hieron, p. 572 ed. Wesseling
- ^ Walther Ruge: Brunga.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. III,1, Stuttgart 1897, col. 906.
- ^ 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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