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