Limnae (Bithynia)

Limnae or Limnai (Ancient Greek: Λίμναι) was a town of ancient Bithynia on the coast of the Propontis.

It was a colony of Miletus.[1]

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

References
  1. Pseudo Scymnus or Pausanias of Damascus, Circuit of the Earth, § 696
  2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.


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