Tarsus (Bithynia)

Tarsus or Tarsos (Ancient Greek: Ταρσός) was a town in ancient Bithynia, on the inland road east of Nicomedia. It is mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium.

Its site is located near Tarsiye in Asiatic Turkey.

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