Nicomedia
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There were several martyred Gorgoniuses in the Catholic lists; the likeliest candidate for ours is St. Gorgonius of Nicomedia.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
Abbe noted that a set of Roman historical friezes recently found in Nicomedia, Turkey, are “awash in purple.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2018
In 305, in conjunction with Maximian, he resigned the Imperial dignity at Nicomedia, and retired to Salona, in Dalmatia, where he cultivated his garden in tranquillity until his death in 313.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
As early as 29 B. C. the cities of Pergamon in Asia and Nicomedia in Bithynia erected temples dedicated to Roma and Augustus, and established quinquennial religious festivals called Romaia Sebasta.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
Now the imperial headquarters would be at Milan in north Italy, now in what is now Serbia at Sirmium or Nish, now in Nicomedia in Asia Minor.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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