Özet:

Parthenios River (Bartin Cayi) constituted a natural border between Paphlagonia and Bithynia regions in ancient times. His name is mentioned frequently in ancient sources from 8th Century B.C. Parthenios, as a rivergod, depicted on coins of Amastris which is the formal center of the region. These descriptions emphasize that Parthenios was important for transport of commercial productions from inside of regionto Black Sea. Parthenius that seen on mile Stones from Roman Period and Parthenia Kome that mentioned in Early Byzantine Period, Sign the same city in connection with Parthenios River. This study aim firstly to find the source of Parthenios name and the secondly to prove the presence of Partheniusor Parthenia Kome settlement.