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Nicomedia (/ ˌ n ɪ k ə ˈ m iː d i ə /; [1] 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).
Bithynia (/ bɪˈθɪniə /; Koinē Greek: Βιθυνία, romanized:Bithynía) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the Pontic coast, and Phrygia ...
This is a timeline of Roman history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Roman Kingdom and Republic and the Roman and Byzantine Empires. To read about the background of these events, see Ancient Rome and History of the Byzantine Empire. Following tradition, this timeline marks the deposition of Romulus ...
Bithynia (capital Nicomedia (Izmit), Turkey)… MAP; QUICK. AUGUSTUS. Octavian; Second Triumvirate; Mark Anthony
Born: 27 February 272, Naissus, Moesia, Roman Empire (modern-day Serbia) Died: 22 May 337 (aged 65), Achyron, Nicomedia, Bithynia, Roman Empire (modern day İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey) Reign: 25 July 306 – 22 May 337 Constantine I, known as Constantine the Great or just Constantine, born Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was Roman emperor, reigning from 306 to […]
The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. Building upon the foundation laid by the Roman Republic, the empire became the largest and most powerful political and military entity in the world up to its time and expanded steadily until its fall, in the west, in 476.
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May 13, 2020 · 283BCE – Boii defeated at Lake Vadimo. 282BCE – Rome conquers territory still held by the Gauls along the Adriatic, Roman Fleet attacked by Tarentum. 280-275BCE – War against king Phyrrus of Epirus. 280BCE – Phyrrus lands in Italy and defeats Romans at Heraclea. 279BCE – Roman defeat at Battle of Asculum.
