Nicomedia

Proper noun

Meaning

Nicomedia

(historical) The ancient capital of Bithynia; modern-day Izmit, in Turkey.

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Examples

Andronikos III wanted Nicomedia and the other few Byzantine forts in Anatolia not to suffer the same fate and sought to pay off the Ottomans with tribute. Source: Internet

Arius and his sympathizers, e.g. Eusebius of Nicomedia were admitted back into the church after ostensibly accepting the Nicene creed. Source: Internet

Barnes, Constantine and Eusebius, 21; Odahl, 67; Potter, 338. On 23 February 303, Diocletian ordered that the newly built church at Nicomedia be razed. Source: Internet

Constantine had traveled through Palestine at the right hand of Diocletian, and was present at the palace in Nicomedia in 303 and 305. It is likely that Maxentius received the same treatment. Source: Internet

Constantine always emerged victorious: the lion emerged from the contest in a poorer condition than Constantine; Constantine returned to Nicomedia from the Danube with a Sarmatian captive to drop at Galerius' feet. Source: Internet

Constantine died the next year, after finally receiving baptism from Arian Bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia, and "with his passing the first round in the battle after the Council of Nicaea was ended". Source: Internet

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