Nicomedia (traditionally)

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Byzantine city Roman city ancient city

Nicomedia (traditionally) is an ancient city in northwestern Asia Minor, near the Sea of Marmara, that served as a major Roman and later Byzantine administrative center.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nicomedia 43
Nicomedia (in some traditions) 1
Nicomedia (traditionally) canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine city ⓘ
Roman city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
ancientNameOf Marmara Region ⓘ
surface form: İzmit region
connectedBy roads to Constantinople ⓘ
declinedAfter rise of Constantinople ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 3rd century ⓘ
4th century ⓘ
foundedBy Nicomedes I of Bithynia ⓘ
hadFunction administrative center ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
military center ⓘ
languageUsed Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedDistanceFrom about 100 km east of Constantinople ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Bithynia ⓘ
northwestern Asia Minor ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Kocaeli Province ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
İzmit ⓘ
locatedNear Sea of Marmara ⓘ
modernCountry Turkey ⓘ
namedAfter Nicomedes I of Bithynia ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Bithynia ⓘ
surface form: Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus
prosperedDuring Roman Imperial period ⓘ
early Byzantine period ⓘ
reachedProminenceUnder Diocletian ⓘ
religionPracticed Christianity ⓘ
Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
servedAs Byzantine administrative center ⓘ
Roman administrative center ⓘ
de facto capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (Diocletian) ⓘ
imperial residence of Diocletian ⓘ
provincial capital ⓘ
sufferedFrom Gothic invasions ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
usedAs base for campaigns in the East ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire (early 4th century)

Bithynia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Bithynia

Bithynia ⓘ
surface form: Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus
wasSiteOf early Christian communities ⓘ
imperial palace complex (Diocletian) ⓘ
major harbor ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St George → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
Diocletian's Tetrarchy → capitalCity → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Roman emperor Constantine the Great → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
subject surface form: Constantine the Great
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Roman emperor Constantine the Great → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
subject surface form: Constantine the Great
this entity surface form: Nicomedia, Bithynia
Saint Barbara → legendaryBirthplace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Saint George of Lydda → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Dioscorus → geographicallyAssociatedWith → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia (in some traditions)
Constantinus Magnus → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Bithynia → capital → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Bithynia → majorCity → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Prusias I of Bithynia → capital → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Prusias I of Bithynia → residence → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
court of Constantine the Great → location → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Prisca → residence → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Saint Helena of Constantinople → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Nicomedes I of Bithynia → capital → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Nicomedes I of Bithynia → founded → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Valeria → residence → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
İzmit → historicalSiteOf → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
İzmit → hasHistoricalName → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Libanius → taughtAt → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Libanius → placeOfActivity → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Tetrarchs → seatOfPower → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Eusebius of Nicomedia → regionOfActivity → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Lucian of Antioch (traditionally, though debated) → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
subject surface form: Lucian of Antioch
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Tetrarchic dynasty → capital → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Maximinus Daia → capitalCity → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire → governsFrom → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Battle of Pelekanon → locatedNear → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Empress Helena → placeOfDeath → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Saint Panteleimon → diedIn → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Siege of Nicomedia → location → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Saint Helena → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Arrian of Nicomedia → birthPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Χαλκηδών → nearbyCity → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Astacus → successorSettlement → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus → capital → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus → hasPart → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Prusias I Cholus → capital → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias II → hasCapital → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias II → hasUrbanCenter → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
court of Diocletian → location → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Prusias II of Bithynia → capitalOfRealm → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Prusias II of Bithynia → associatedWith → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Helena Augusta → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia
Saint Helen → deathPlace → Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicomedia