Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Amisus

Amisus, a titular see of Pontus in Asia Minor. It was a rich commercial centre under the kings of Pontus, a royal residence and fortress of Mithridates, and included in its territory the dwelling place of the fabled Amazons.

Lequien, Oriens Christinnus (1740), I, 533–536; Smith, Dict. of Greek and Roman Geogr., 1, 122.