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{{Short description|Town in ancient Bithynia}}
'''Libyssa''' ({{langx|grc|Λίβυσσα}}) or '''Libysa''' (Λίβισσα),<ref>{{Cite Ptolemy|5.1.13}}</ref> was a town on the north coast of the [[Sinus Astacenus]] in [[ancient Bithynia]], on the road from [[Nicaea]] to [[Chalcedon]]. It was celebrated in antiquity as the place containing the tomb of the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] general [[Hannibal]].<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Flam.'' 20; {{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.'' Λιβυσσα}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Pliny|5.43}}</ref><ref>Amm. Marc. 22.9 ; Eutrop. 4.11 Itin. Ant. p. 139; Itin. Hier. p. 572.</ref> In [[Pliny the Elder]]'s time the town no longer existed, but the spot was noticed only because of the tumulus of Hannibal. 

The site of ancient Libyssa is located within the modern district of [[Gebze]] in [[Kocaeli Province]], at the coast of the [[Gulf of İzmit]], near the city of [[İzmit]] (ancient [[Nicomedia]]) in northwestern [[Anatolia]], [[Turkey]].<ref name=Barrington>{{Cite Barrington|52}}</ref><ref name=DARE>{{Cite DARE|23434}}</ref> [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, revered and admired Hannibal so much he honored him with a symbolic tomb close to where Hannibal had died.

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[[Category:Populated places in Bithynia]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]
[[Category:History of Kocaeli Province]]
[[Category:Hannibal]]


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