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Title: The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893, ed
Subjects: Geography, Ancient
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Gate of Nicasa (Texiers Asia Mineure ). Prusa, s-cirnamed ^^ad Ol^^mpum, stood at the northern base ofOlympus, and is said to have been named after King Prusias^ whofounded it by the advice of Hannibal: it was celebrated for its warmbaths : it is now, under the name of Brusa, one of the most flourishingtowns of Asia Minor. Nicaea was situated at the E. end of LakeAscania, on the edge of a wide and fertile plain : it was built by Anti-gonus on the site of an earlier town, probably after his victory overEumenes in B.C. 316, and it received the name of Antigonia, for whichLysimachus substituted that of Mcgea in honour of his wife: it soonrose to eminence, and the Bithynian kings often resided there: it viedwith Nicomedia for the title of metropolis : it is chiefly famous for theCouncil held there, a.d. 325, in which the Mcene creed was drawn up:having sufieredfrom earthquakes, it was restored by Valens in a.d. 368:the remains of its walls are still visible at Isnik. Cius stood at thehead

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