place
Bithynia
Province in northern Asia Minor governed by Julius Bassus and, later, by Pliny himself.
Reading notes
- The Letters §4.9.2 Bithynia
Province of northern Asia Minor that Bassus governed; later Pliny's own province.
- The Letters §7.6.1 Bithynians
The people of Bithynia-Pontus, the northwestern province of Asia Minor where Pliny would later govern.
- The Letters §10.17a.2 Bithynia
The province of Bithynia-Pontus on the southern Black Sea coast, which Pliny governed as Trajan's special legate (c. AD 110-112).