Dacibyza

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
  1. Walther Ruge: Dakibyza.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Volume IV,2, Stuttgart 1901, col. 2017.
  2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying.
  3. 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.


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