Sozopol is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for the Apollonia art and film festival that is named after one of the town's ancient names.
Heraclea Pontica, in Byzantine and later times known as Pontoheraclea, was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus. It was founded by the Greek city-state of Megara in approximately 560–558 and was named after Heracles whom the Greeks believed entered the underworld at a cave on the adjoining Archerusian promontory. The site is now the location of the modern city Karadeniz Ereğli, in the Zonguldak Province of Turkey.
Prusias I Cholus was a king of Bithynia, the son of Ziaelas of Bithynia.
Prusias II Cynegus was the Greek king of Bithynia. He was the son and successor of Prusias I and Apama III.
Comana Pontica, was an ancient city located in ancient Pontus, now in modern Turkey.
Quercus pontica, the Pontine oak or Armenian oak, is a species of oak native to the western Caucasus mountains of Georgia and northeastern Turkey and Armenia, where it grows at altitudes of 1,300-2,100 m.
Ladik is a city of Samsun Province, Turkey on the site of the ancient Laodicea Pontica. The mayor is Selim Özbalci (AKP).
Via Pontica was an ancient Roman road in Thrace along the Black Sea, starting from Byzantium and passing through Deultum, Aquae Calidae, Apollonia, Mesembria, Odessos, Byzone, and Kaliakra ; and then through Kallatis, Tomis, and Istros.
Nebria is a genus of ground beetles native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa.
Nebria brevicollis is a species of ground beetle native to Europe and the Near East. In Europe, it is found in all countries and islands except the Azores, the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Franz Josef Land, Gibraltar, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, the North Aegean Islands, Novaya Zemlya, San Marino, the Selvagens Islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and Vatican City. It has now been reported as introduced in western Oregon, U.S.A., where it has been found in highly disturbed sites as well as in native old-growth forest stands. It has also now been found in Washington State.
Nebria livida is a species of ground beetle with two subspecies:
Nebria aetolica is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that can be found in Albania, Greece, and North Macedonia.
Nebria rubripes is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that can be found in France and Spain.
Nebria tatrica is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that can be found in Poland Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Nebria laticollis is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that can be found in France, Italy, and Switzerland.
Nebria cordicollis is a species of black coloured ground beetle from Nebriinae subfamily that can be found in Italy and Switzerland. The species is 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long.
Artemisia pontica, the Roman wormwood or small absinthe, is an herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth. Originating in southeastern Europe it is naturalized over much of Eurasia from France to Xinjiang, and is also found in the wild in northeastern North America.
Dia, also Diospolis (Διόσπολις), was a port city of ancient Bithynia on the Pontus Euxinus in Asia Minor. Marcian of Heraclea places it 60 stadia east of the mouth of the Hypius, which river is between the Sangarius River and Heraclea Pontica. The name in Marcian, Diaspolis, may be a mistake for Diospolis, which Ptolemy has. There are some very rare coins with the epigraph Dias (Διας), which Sestini assigns to this place.
