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NICOMEDIA [mod. Ismid] , an ancient town at the head of the Gulf of Astacus, which opens on the Propontis, was built in 264 B.C. by Nicomedes I. of Bithynia, and has ever since been bne of the chief
part
Asia
Minor . It was the metropolis of Bithynia under the Roman empire
Diocletian made it the chief
East
capital , Nicomedia
foundation of Constantinople and its own capture by the Turks(1338). See C. Texier, Asie mineure (Paris, 1839) ; V. Cuenet, Turquie d'Asie (Paris, 1894). End of Article: NICOMEDIA [mod. Ismid] If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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