A prominent city in northwestern Asia Minor, Nicomedia served as Diocletian's preferred eastern capital and was the site where he publicly accused and executed the praetorian prefect Aper after troops discovered the decomposed body of Emperor Numerian. The city later became a refuge for the exiled theologian Arius, where a synod convened by Bishop Eusebius endorsed his teachings, and subsequently the place where the future emperor Julian was sent to receive a Christian education following the massacre of his family. It eventually fell to the Ottomans in the rapid territorial collapse that left Byzantium with virtually no remaining presence in Asia Minor.
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Episode 2 (1 mention)
The city where the army, withdrawing from Persia, broke open Numerian's carriage and discovered his decomposed body. It was also Diocletian's preferred eastern capital and the site where he publicly accused and executed Aper.
“By the time they reached Nicomedia, however, they noticed a horrendous smell coming from”
Episode 4 (1 mention)
The eastern city where Arius fled after his excommunication in Alexandria and received a warm welcome from Emperor Licinius. A synod called by the local bishop Eusebius overwhelmingly endorsed Arius there.
“Nicomedia, where he was warmly greeted by the emperor Licinius himself, and a synod”
Episode 5 (1 mention)
The city to which Julian was packed off after his family was massacred, to receive a Christian education under the bishop Eusebius.
“off to Nicomedia to obtain a Christian education under the bishop Eusebius, and then on to”
Episode 16 (1 mention)
Mentioned by Brownworth as one of the cities that fell to the Ottomans in rapid succession after Othman's death, leaving virtually nothing of the Byzantine empire in Asia.
“Nicaea and Nicomedia fell in rapid succession, and soon all that was left of the empire”
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