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DACIBY´ZA

DACIBY´ZA (Δακίβυζα), a place in Bithynia, on the road from Chalcedon to Nicomedia. The modern Gebse or Gívyza, near the north coast of the bay of Astacus, seems to preserve the ancient name. It is mentioned by several of the historians of the Lower Empire. (Leake, Asia Minor, p.9.)

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