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Nicomedia was an ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286 AD, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire, a status which the city maintained during t
French illustration of Nicomedia, 1882
This section of a belt depicting medallions honoring Constantius II and Faustina was minted in Nicomedia. The Walters Art Museum.
Parts of a 2nd or 3rd-century bronze Roman chariot from Nicomedia, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Greece.
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Constantine the Great
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Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a pivotal role in elevating the status of Chr
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…during the Tetrarchy system (293–324 AD). The Tetrarchy ended with the Battle of Chrysopolis (Üsküdar) in 324 AD, when the western Roman emperor Constantine the Great defeated Licinius and became the sole emperor. In 330 AD, Constantine chose for himself the nearby Byzantium (which was renamed Constantinople, modern…
Head of a bronze colossus of Constantine, Capitoline Museums
Mosaic in the Hagia Sophia, section: Maria as patroness of Constantinople, detail: donor portrait of Emperor Constantine I with a model of the city
Remains of the luxurious residence palace of Mediana, erected by Constantine I near his birth town of Naissus (now Niš, Serbia)
Head from a statue of the emperor Diocletian