Nicomédie
Nicomédie (in Greek old Νικομήδεια / Nikomếdeia ) is a town of minor Asia, capital of the kingdom of Bithynie. It is called Izmit today. Hannibal Barca gave itself to it death in 183 av. J. - C. and the historian Arrien was born to with it towards 90 a. J. - C.
Nicomédie was founded in 264 av. J.C by the king Nicomède I {{er}} near the site of the old city of Olbia - also known under the name of Astacos, colony of Mégare and destroyed by Lysimaque.
Under the Roman Empire, Nicomédie becomes a colony. Dioclétien establishes there its residence, follow-up then by Constantin. It is also the seat of a monetary Atelier.
Become capital of the Roman Province of Bithynie on the Black Sea, the city is destroyed, in 111, by a large fire, which made many victims, because of the absence of firemen. Following this catastrophe, Pline the Young person, governor of the province, submitted his report/ratio with the emperor Trajan (98 - 117) and claimed means and the creation of an association of firemen of 150 men. But, Trajan refused, by fear to see this type of association, canted of its initial goal, to become a hearth of political opponents: “Does not forget that your province is the prey of a company of this kind. Whatever the name, whatever the destination that we want to give to men brought together in a body, that gives place, in all the cases and quickly, with hétairies. ” The fear of the political agitation overrode that of the fires!
At the 4th century, Nicomédie was a high place of the Arianisme.
It was devastated by the Turks little before the arrival of the quotas of the First crusade which made a stage of their way of it towards Nicée.
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