🏛️ Nicomedia-Prusias ad Hypium
Ruins of a Roman-era city in northwestern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Izmit, Kocaeli Province, northwestern Türkiye
- Founded as Nicomedia in the 3rd century BCE; renamed and restructured under Roman rule
- Served as a major port and administrative center for the eastern Roman Empire
- Substantial ruins remain scattered across modern Izmit, largely unexcavated
Nicomedia was established by Nicomedes I of Bithynia around 264 BCE and became one of the most significant ...