Nicomedia

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Νικομήδεια, ἡ.

Latin > English

Nicomedia Nicomediae N F :: Nicomedia (city), capital of Bithynia; (now Izmid/Izmit Turkey)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Nīcŏmēdīa: ae, f., = Νικομήδεια,
I the capital of Bithynia, now Izmid, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149; Amm. 22, 9, 3; Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—Hence,
II Nīcŏmēdenses, ĭum, m., the Nicomedians, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 37 (46), 1; Dig. 50, 9, 5; Inscr. Grut. 389, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Nīcŏmēdīa,¹⁴ æ, f. (Νικομήδεια), Nicomédie capitale de la Bithynie] : Plin. 5, 148 ; Amm. 22, 9, 3 || Nīcŏmēdēnsēs, ĭum, m., habitants de Nicomédie : Plin. Min. Ep. 10, 37, 1 ; Dig. 50, 9, 5.

Latin > German (Georges)

Nīcomēdīa, ae, f. (Νικομήδεια), von Nikomedes erbaute Stadt in Bithynien, Hauptstadt des Reiches, Residenz der Könige, j. Ruinen bei Isnikmid, Aur. Vict. de Caes. 39, 45. Amm. 22, 9, 3. – Dav. Nīcomēdēnsis, e, nikomedensisch, Plin. ep. – Plur. subst., Nīcomēdēnsēs, ium, m., die Einwohner von Nikomedia, die Nikomedenser, Plin. ep. u.a.

Wikipedia EN

Nicomedia (/ˌnɪkəˈmiːdiə/; Greek: Νικομήδεια, Nikomedeia; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocletian who ruled in the east), a status which the city maintained during the Tetrarchy system (293–324).

The Tetrarchy ended with the Battle of Chrysopolis (Üsküdar) in 324, when Constantine defeated Licinius and became the sole emperor. In 330 Constantine chose for himself the nearby Byzantium (which was renamed Constantinople, modern Istanbul) as the new capital of the Roman Empire.

The city was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the victory of Sultan Orhan Gazi against the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines managed to retake it in the aftermath of the Battle of Ankara, but it fell definitively to the Ottomans in 1419.