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May 10, 2022 · Died: 22 May 337 (aged 65), Achyron, Nicomedia, Bithynia, Roman Empire (modern day İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey) Reign: 25 July 306 – 22 May 337; Constantine I, known as Constantine the Great or just Constantine, born Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was Roman emperor, reigning from 306 to 337.
Constantine the Great was laid to rest in the Churches of the Holy Apostles in the city of Constantinople. He was the first Roman emperor to have converted to Christianity, and his reign triggered Christianity’s rise as the world’s most dominant religion.
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Nicomedia was founded in 284 BC as the capital of the Hellenistic Kingdom of Bithynia (Geography 12.4.2; Hamilton & Falconer 1854–1857). Despite several destructive earthquakes, its strategic location made the city a significant trading, military and artistic centre throughout the ages.
First the capital of the Bithynian kingdom (Memnon 20.1), and later of the Roman province of Bithynia, Nicomedia was astride the great highroad connecting Europe and the East, and was a port as well; Nicaea was its rival.
Jul 8, 2019 · Connecting with the crossing of the Bosphorus at Rumeli Feneri, a Roman road ran north towards the Black Sea then turned east towards the coastal town of Şile. Here it met a second road which crossed northern Bithynia to Nicomedia. We are researching the course of this road on the ground and hope to find more sections.
During the 4th century Nicomedia suffered an invasion of the Goths and an earthquake (Aug. 24, 354), which ruined most of its buildings; fire completed the catastrophe. The city was rebuilt during the reign of justinian i (527 – 565), but subsequently was destroyed by the Shah Khusru (Chosroes) II.
Bithynia was an ancient province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine (today Black Sea). Several major cities sat on the fertile shores of the Propontis (which is now known as Sea of Marmara): Nicomedia, Chalcedon, Cius and Apamea.
