Dacibyza

Coordinates: 40°47′59″N 29°26′00″E / 40.799732°N 29.433368°E / 40.799732; 29.433368
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Dacibyza or Dakibyza (Ancient Greek: Δακίβυζα), or Dacibyze or Dakibyze (Δακιβύζη), was a town of ancient Bithynia located on the road from Libyssa to Chalcedon on the north coast of the Sinus Astacenus, an arm of the Propontis.[1]

Its site is located near Gebze, in Asiatic Turkey.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Walther Ruge: Dakibyza.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. IV,2, Stuttgart 1901, col. 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Dacibyza". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

40°47′59″N 29°26′00″E / 40.799732°N 29.433368°E / 40.799732; 29.433368