🏛️ Nicomedia-Nicaea
Remains of two ancient Roman cities in northwestern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Bithynia region, northwestern Türkiye, near modern Izmit
- Nicomedia founded circa 712 BCE by Megarian colonists; later Roman provincial capital
- Nicaea (modern Iznik) founded 316 BCE, became major early Christian center and site of First Council of Nicaea (325 CE)
- Both cities experienced significant decline following Ottoman conquest in 14th–15th centuries
Nicomedia and Nicaea represent two significant urban centers of the ancient Mediterranean world, located in what is now ...