The Mithraic evidence documented in Bithynia and Pontus reflects the strategic and commercial importance of the region within the eastern Roman Empire. The material illustrates the circulation of Mithraic practices through maritime routes, urban centres and provincial networks linking Anatolia to the Black Sea world.
People attested in Bithynia et Pontus
Provinces of Bithynia et Pontus
Bithynia et Pontus
Bithynia et Pontus connected northwestern Anatolia to the Black Sea through major maritime, urban and provincial networks.
Places in Bithynia et Pontus
Herclea
Heraclea Pontica e̝ˈraklia pontiˈke̝], known in Byzantine and later times as Pontoheraclea, was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus.
Trapezus
Trabzon is a historic city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey, founded in 756 BC as Trapezous by Greek colonists from Miletus. It passed from Achaemenid control to the Kingdom of Pontus, then became part of the Roman and Byzantine empires.
