🏛️ Prusias ad Hypium-Claudiopolis
Greco-Roman ruins in northwestern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Bithynia, northwest Türkiye, near the Black Sea coast
- Founded as Prusias by King Prusias II of Bithynia (c. 182–149 BCE)
- Renamed Claudiopolis under Roman rule following the annexation of Bithynia
- Substantial ruins remain, including fortifications, temples, and civic structures
Prusias ad Hypium, later known as Claudiopolis, was a significant Greco-Roman city in the kingdom of Bithynia, located ...