🏛️ Nicomedia-Prusias ad Hypium
Ruins of a major Roman port city on the Sea of Marmara
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Izmit, northwestern Türkiye, on the Sea of Marmara coast
- Founded in the 4th century BCE; became a significant Roman naval base under Augustus
- Repeatedly damaged by earthquakes, most severely in 1999
- Limited visible remains; archaeological material largely submerged or dispersed
Nicomedia was one of the eastern Mediterranean's most important harbors during the Roman period, strategically positioned on the ...