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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nicomedia	14
Nicomedia (in some traditions)	1
Nicomedia, Bithynia	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 ⓘ