Metroon (Bithynia)
Town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Bithynia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metroon (Ancient Greek: Μητρῷον), also called Aulia. was a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Bithynia, described by Arrian (Periplus of the Euxine Sea 19) as 80 stades (ca. 13 km) east of Heraclea Pontica.[1]
Its site is located near Köseağzı in Asiatic Turkey.[1][2]
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
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