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Pida

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
40.720, 36.440
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Pontus, in modern-day Turkey

History

Pida, or Pidae or Pidis, was a town of ancient Pontus, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. It was in the later province of Pontus Galaticus, on the road leading from Amasia to Neocaesareia.

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