🏛️ Nicaea-Juliopolis
Ruins of two merged Hellenistic and Roman cities in northwestern Turkey
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Bithynia region, near modern İznik, northwestern Turkey
- Nicaea founded c. 316 BCE by Antigonus I Monophthalmus; Juliopolis established by Julius Caesar
- Two cities eventually merged under Roman administration
- Site of the First Council of Nicaea (325 CE), pivotal in early Christian history
Nicaea-Juliopolis represents the archaeological remains of two ancient cities that developed in the Bithynian kingdom and later became ...