Nicomedia

• Nicomedia, was a port city located on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara, which is today Izmit in Turkey.
• It became part of the Roman empire in 74 BCE and was the capital of the Province of Bithynia.

History

• It was an important City located opposite nearby Byzantium, on a crossroads of Trade Routes between East and West.
• Nicomedia briefly became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire between 283-330 CE, under the Reforms by Diocletian.
• Constantine I used Nicomedia as the Capital of the Roman Empire between 324-330 CE, until Byzantium was ready to move in to, after which it was renamed Constantinople.

Roman Sites

• Diocletian's Palace at Nicomedia
  • Very little remains to be seen of the Palace.

Museums

• Kocaeli Museum
  • The Museum is also known as the Kocaeli Archeology and Ethnography Museum or the Izmit Museum.
  • It is located at Demiryolu Caddedi, Kemalpasa, Kocaeli.
  • The museum holds Finds from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods.

Roman Roads

• Northern coastal road
  • Byzantium–Chalcedon–Nicomedia-Heraclea-Sinope-Trabzon
• A central road
  • Chalcedon–Nicomedia–NIcaea–Ankara-then onto the frontier Fortresses in the East.

Nicomedia (Izmit), Turkey