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🏛️ Prusias ad Hypium-Claudiopolis

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🏛️ Prusias ad Hypium-Claudiopolis
Ruined Roman city in northwestern Turkey


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 09:11
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Bithynia, in modern-day Düzce Province, northwestern Turkey
  • Founded as Prusias, later renamed Claudiopolis under Roman rule
  • Strategic site on ancient trade routes connecting the Black Sea to Mediterranean networks
  • Partially excavated; remains include fortifications, structures, and scattered architectural elements

Prusias ad Hypium-Claudiopolis was a significant urban settlement in the ancient kingdom of Bithynia, situated in northwestern Anatolia ...

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