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🏛️ Nicomedia-Nicaea

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🏛️ Nicomedia-Nicaea
Ruins of two major Roman cities in northwestern Türkiye


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 11:21
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Bithynia, northwestern Anatolia, near modern Izmit and Iznik
  • Nicomedia founded circa 712 BCE; Nicaea established 316 BCE
  • Both served as Roman provincial capitals and early Christian centers
  • Substantial ruins and archaeological material remain, though largely unexcavated

Nicomedia and Nicaea represent two of the most significant urban centers of Bithynia during the Hellenistic and Roman ...

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