Prusa
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Mar 13, 2024 03:40 PM
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History
Settlement at Prusa began as a site called Cius that came under the control of the king of Bithynia in 202 BC. The city was renamed Prusias and was eventually willed to the Roman Empire in 74 BC by Nicomedes IV, the last King of Bithynia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511384
40.1828985, 29.0638185
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 24128 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Brussa (unspecified date range)
- Bursa (Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- Bursā (AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- Burṣā (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1258 - AD 1335)
- Kios (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 1450)
- Προῦσα (Prousa: Ancient Greek, 1200 BC - AD 1450)
- Prousa am Olympos (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Prousias (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Prusa (30 BC - AD 640)
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- Evidence:
- See Further:
- See Also:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 52 E4 Prusa
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bursa
C. Foss, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Prusa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511384> [accessed: 19 June 2025]
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