The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶83

Between the Bosphorus and the Hellespont, the shores of Europe and Asia, receding on either side, enclose the sea of Marmara, which was known to the ancients by the denomination of Propontis. The navigation from the issue of the Bosphorus to the entrance of the Hellespont is about one hundred and twenty miles.

Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #732 (Milman edition) — public domain
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