Nicomedia
[ nik-uh-mee-dee-uh ]
noun
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, at the head of the Gulf of Astacus, in present-day Turkey: modern Izmit is on its site.
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Of that in Nicomedia we know nothing, save that it was splendid.
It was thus that the residence of Diocletian at Nicomedia produced such disastrous consequences in a short time to Rome.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) | John William DraperDiocletian, who persecuted us, gave the example by establishing his residence at Nicomedia.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) | John William DraperThence advancing through Nicomedia, Louis proceeded to Nice, and encamped under the walls of that city.
The History of Chivalry | G. P. R. JamesBut Nicomedia, we learn from other passages, was a city, the residence itself of the emperor.
Dissertation on the English Language | Noah Webster, Jr.
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