Nicomedia

settlement · 1750 BC – 2000 AD

Nicomedia was founded in 712/11 BC as a Megarian colony named Astacus and was rebuilt by Nicomedes I of Bithynia in 264 BC. The city was an important administrative center of the Roman Empire.

Coordinates

40.76519, 29.91989

Also known as

Ismid, Kocaeli, Kodjaeli, Kodja-Eli, Koja-Eli (tr), Nikomedeia (grc), Nikomedia, Nikomēdeia, Nikomedeia, Nikomedia (grc), Nikomēdia, Niqumūdiya, Niqumudiya, Niqumudiyah, Niqumudiyya, Niqumudiyyah, Niqumudiye, Niqumudiyeh, Niqumudiyye, Niqumudiyyeh (arb), Olbia (grc), İzmid, Izmid (ota), İzmit, Izmit, Ismid (tr), İznigmīd,İznikmīd (ota), İznikmid, Iznikmid (ota), İznikmit, Iznikmit (ota), İzniḳmid, Iznikmid, Izniqmid, Izniqmid (ota), ازنيكميد (ota), Ḳocaili (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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