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Amisus
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A titular see of Pontus in Asia Minor. It was a rich commercial centre under the kings of Pontus, a royal residence and fortress of Mithridates, and included in its territory the dwelling place of the fabled Amazons.
Sources
LEQUIEN, Oriens Christianus (1740), I, 533-536; SMITH, Dict. of Greek and Roman Geogr., I, 122.
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Amisus'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/amisus.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Amisus'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/amisus.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
