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🏛️ Nicomedia-Prusias ad Hypium

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🏛️ Nicomedia-Prusias ad Hypium
Ruined Roman and Byzantine city on the Sea of Marmara


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 11:20
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in northwestern Türkiye, on the southern shore of the Sea of Marmara near İzmit
  • Founded as Nicomedia in the 3rd century BCE; later became Prusias ad Hypium under Roman rule
  • Served as a major Byzantine administrative and military center for centuries
  • Archaeological remains include foundations, pottery sherds, and scattered architectural fragments

Nicomedia-Prusias ad Hypium stands as an archaeological site preserving remnants of one of the eastern Mediterranean's historically significant ...

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