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Samsun
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Sam·sun  (säm-sn)
A city of northern Turkey northeast of Ankara on Samsun Bay, an inlet of the Black Sea. In ancient times Samsun was an important Greek colony. Population: 363,000.

Samsun (Turkish) [ˈsɑmsun]
n
(Placename) a port in N Turkey, on the Black Sea. Pop.: 338 387 (1997) Ancient name Amisus [əmiːsəs]


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0/0/-86--When Lucius Cornelius Sulla occupied Athens in 86 BC, he carried off the library of Appellicon to Rome, where they were first published in 60 BC by the grammarian Tyrranion of Amisus and then by philosopher Andronicus of Rhodes.
 
 
 
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