Nicomedia

Nicomedia (Greek Νικομήδεια Nicomedia ), and Nicomedia, now Izmit in Turkey, was an ancient city.

Nicomedia (40 ° 46 'N, 29 ° 57' O40.76388888888929.941666666667 ) was founded in 264/3 BC by King Nicomedes I of Bithynia as the capital of his kingdom. 74 BC, it came after the death of Nicomedes ' IV bequeathed to the Roman Republic. The Roman Emperor Diocletian, who had been raised near the city 284 to the emperor, Nicomedia built from his residence. Diocletian organized by Nicomedia from the most comprehensive persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. In his endeavor to save the empire he saw the Christians as a threat to the unit. On April 30, 311 the Edict of Galerius was published in Nicomedia, which allowed the practice of Christianity. Constantine the Great, who resided several years in Nicomedia died in Achyron 337 ( a), a suburb of Nicomedia.

In 330 AD, however, made ​​this Roman emperor Constantine the Great, the former Byzantium to the city with his name, and called it a matter now Konstantin Opel. He now made ​​this city to its main residence and built on it generously. After this change of residence of the emperor in the year 330, the importance Niko Medias decreased continually until the city was finally conquered in 1338 by the Turkish Ottomans and incorporated into their empire.

In modern İzmit was begun in recent years with a systematic evaluation of the historical heritage.

Personalities

  • Arrian, historian
  • Barbara of Nicomedia, Saints
  • Eusebius of Nicomedia, an Arian bishop
  • Adrian of Nicomedia, Holy
  • Juliana of Nicomedia, Saints
  • Pantaleon, Saint
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