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Nicomedia

Bithynia

Nicomedia, modern İzmit in northwestern Turkey, was the capital of the kingdom of Bithynia and later a principal residence of Roman emperors. The historian Arrian, author of the Anabasis of Alexander, was a native of Nicomedia.

9 most-discussed ideas

Teachers who lived here

Works composed here

  • Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις

    by Arrian

  • Indica

    by Arrian

  • Cynegeticus

    by Arrian

  • Periplus Ponti Euxini

    by Arrian

  • Tactica

    by Arrian

  • Acies Contra Alanos

    by Arrian

  • Epistula ad Lucium Gellium

    by Arrian

Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Nicomedia. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.