Dacibyza

Town of ancient Bithynia

Dacibyza or Dakibyza (Ancient Greek: Δακίβυζα), or Dacibyze or Dakibyze (Δακιβύζη), was a town of ancient Bithynia located on the road from Libyssa to Chalcedon on the north coast of the Sinus Astacenus, an arm of the Propontis.^[1]

Its site is located near Gebze, in Asiatic Turkey.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Walther Ruge: Dakibyza.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. IV,2, Stuttgart 1901, col. 2017.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Dacibyza". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.