Notable People
- Hipparchus (2nd century BC) Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician
- Sporus of Nicaea (b. ca. 240; d. ca. 300) Greek mathematician and astronomer
- Georgius Pachymeres (1242 – c. 1310), Byzantine historian
- Cassius Dio (AD c.165–c.229), Roman historian
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