🏛️ Nicaea-Juliopolis
Ruins of a Roman city in northwestern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Iznik, Bursa Province, Türkiye
- Founded as Nicaea in the 4th century BCE; renamed Juliopolis under Roman rule
- Known for the First Council of Nicaea (325 CE), convened by Constantine I
- Substantial Hellenistic and Roman remains visible, including walls and fortifications
Nicaea-Juliopolis was one of the principal cities of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia, occupied from the Hellenistic period through ...