Bithynia
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Bithynia is a geographical region of northwestern Asia Minor, adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It borders Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the B
The Constantinople Gate in Nicaea
Nicaea
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Nicaea, also known as Nikaia or Nice, was an ancient Greek city in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia.
Bithynia
…sat on the fertile shores of the Propontis (which is now known as the Sea of Marmara): Nicomedia, Chalcedon, Cius and Apamea. Bithynia also contained Nicaea, noted for being the birthplace of the Nicene Creed. According to Strabo, Bithynia was bounded on the east by the river Sangarius (modern Sakarya), but…
Iznik Roman Theatre 1645
Nicaea's Byzantine fortifications, Iznik, Turkey
Iznik Wall at Lefke Gate 8275
Ayasofya Iznik 903