Heraclea Pontica

Heraclea Pontica

Ἡράκλεια Ποντική
Map indicating Heraclea Pontica (underlined in red) during the Roman expansion in 264 BC
Shown within Turkey
Location	Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak Province, Turkey
Region	Bithynia
Coordinates	41°17′5″N 31°24′53″E / 41.28472°N 31.41472°E / 41.28472; 31.41472
History
Builder	Colonists from Megara
Founded	Between 560–558 BC
Periods	Archaic Greece

Heraclea Pontica (/ˌhɛrəˈkliːə ˈpɒntɪkə/; Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια Ποντική, romanized: Hērákleia Pontikḗ; Attic Greek: [hɛːrákleːa pontikɛ́ː], Koinē Greek: [(h)e̝ˈraklia pontiˈke̝]), known in Byzantine and later times as Pontoheraclea (Greek: Ποντοηράκλεια, romanized: Pontohērakleia), was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus. The site is now the location of the modern city Karadeniz Ereğli, in the Zonguldak Province of Turkey.