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, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Dec 07, 2025 06:01 PM
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History
Human 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:
- DARMC location 24128 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Brussa (unspecified date range)
- Bursa (Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- Bursā (AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- بروسه (Burūsa: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1923)
- 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)
- Prvsad Olympvm (Prusad Olympum: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 52 E4 Prusa
- ItMiller 712
- New Pauly Prusa, Prusa ad Olympum (K. Strobel)
- Ptol (Müller: Hathi Trust) 5,1,14
- RE Prusa ad Olympum
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) PRUSA
- Syme 1995 348-355
- TIB 13: Bithynien und Hellespont 949-957
- ToposText Prusa (Bithynia)
- WHL 1452: Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
- Wikipedia (English) Bursa
- See Also:
- Related:
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, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Prusa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511384> [accessed: 13 December 2025]
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