🏛️ Prusias ad Hypium-Claudiopolis
Greco-Roman ruins in northwestern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Düzce in northwestern Türkiye, approximately 200 km east of Istanbul
- Founded as Prusias by Prusias I of Bithynia (3rd century BCE); renamed Claudiopolis under Roman rule
- Served as a major port city on the Black Sea coast before silting gradually isolated it from the sea
- Remains largely unexcavated; visible ruins include defensive walls, scattered architectural fragments, and foundations
Prusias ad Hypium-Claudiopolis was a significant Hellenistic and Roman urban center in the Kingdom of Bithynia, located in ...