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Bisanthe (later Raedestus)
On the coast of Propontis.
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Bisanthe
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| Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities |
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Bisanthe
A Thracian town on the Propontis, subsequently known as Rhaedestum, whence its modern name Rodosto.
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| Greek & Roman Geography (ed. William Smith) |
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Bisanthe
Bisanthe (Bisanthe: Eth. Bisanthenos: Rodasto, or Rodostshig), a great
city in Thrace, on the coast of the Propontis, which had been founded by the Samians.
(Steph. B. s. v.; Herod. vii. 137; Pomp. Mela, ii. 2, 6; Ptol. iii. 11. § 6.)
About B.C. 400. Bisanthe belonged to the kingdom of the Thracian prince Seuthes.
(Xen. Anab. vii. 2. 38) At a later period its name was changed into Raedestum
or Raedestus (Hpaideston or Hpaidestos); but when this change took place is unknown.
In the 6th century of our era, the emperor Justinian did much to restore the city,
which seems to have fallen into decay (Procop. De Aedif. iv. 9); but after that
time it was twice destroyed by the Bulgarians, first in A.D. 813 (Simeon Magister,
Leon. Armen. 9, p. 614, ed. Bonn), and a second time in 1206. (Nicetas, Bald.
Fland. 14; Georg. Acropolita, Annal. 13.) The further history of this city, which
was of great importance to Byzantium, may be read in Georg. Pachymeres and Cantacuzenus.
It is generally believed that the town of Resistos or Resisto, mentioned by Pliny
(iv. 18), and in the Antonine Itinerary (p. 176), is the same as Bisanthe; but
Pliny mentions Bisanthe and Resistos as distinct towns. (Eckhel, vol. ii. p. 25.)
| This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks |
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