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Town of ancient Bithynia

Brunca or Brunka or Brunga was a town of ancient Bithynia on the coast of the Propontis, on the road from Nicomedia to Libyssa, 13 M.P. from the former and 12 M.P. of the latter.[1][2]

Its site is tentatively located near Hereke/Yarımca, in Asiatic Turkey.[3][4]

References

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  1. It. Hieron, p. 572 ed. Wesseling
  2. Walther Ruge: "Brunga" (in German). In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. III,1, Stuttgart, 1897, col. 906.
  3. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

40°46′40″N 29°42′04″E / 40.777757°N 29.701046°E / 40.777757; 29.701046