Germanicopolis (Bithynia)
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Germanicopolis (Greek: Γερμανικόπολις) also Caesarea Germanica, was an ancient town in Isauria, Bithynia, on the Gelbes river,[1] not far from Prusa. In earlier times it was called Helge, Helgas or Booscoete (Βοὸς κοίτη), Plin. v. 40. Modern scholars locate the town at the village of Tahtalı ().
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).
- Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 52 & text.
- ^ William Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane, p. 161
