Bithynia
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Bithynia is a geographical region of northwestern Asia Minor, adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It borders Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the B
The Constantinople Gate in Nicaea
Antinous
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Antinous, also called Antinoös, was a Greek youth from Bithynia, a favourite and lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Following his premature death before his 20th birthday, Antinous was deified on Had
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…Asclepiades of Bithynia (c. 169 BC – c. 100 BC), Greek physician Antinous (2nd century), Catamite and eromenos of the Roman Emperor Hadrian Cassius Dio (c. 155 – c. 235), Roman historian, senator, and consul…
Bust of Antinous-Dionysus (Hermitage Museum)
Head of Antinous found at Hadrian's Villa, dating from A.D. 130–138 , now at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy
British Museum busts of Hadrian (left) and Antinous (right), both part of the Townley Marbles
The tondo at left depicting Hadrian's lion hunt, accompanied by Antinous, on the Arch of Constantine in Rome