Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . , Nicomedeia was622 niiles to the south-east of Chalcedon, while ac-cording to otliers it was only 60 or 61 miles distant(It. Ant. pp. 124, 140; It. Hieros. p. 572; ) Under the Roman Empire Nicomedeia wasoften the residence of the emperors, sucli as Diocle-tian and Constantine, especially when they were en-gaged in war against the Parthians or Persians.(Aurel. Vict, de Caes. 39 ; Nicephor. vii. in fin.)The city often suffered from earthquakes, but owingto the munificence of the emperors it was always re-stored (Amm. Marc. xvii. 7; Philostorg.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . , Nicomedeia was622 niiles to the south-east of Chalcedon, while ac-cording to otliers it was only 60 or 61 miles distant(It. Ant. pp. 124, 140; It. Hieros. p. 572; ) Under the Roman Empire Nicomedeia wasoften the residence of the emperors, sucli as Diocle-tian and Constantine, especially when they were en-gaged in war against the Parthians or Persians.(Aurel. Vict, de Caes. 39 ; Nicephor. vii. in fin.)The city often suffered from earthquakes, but owingto the munificence of the emperors it was always re-stored (Amm. Marc. xvii. 7; Philostorg. iv. p. 506).It also suffered much from an invasion of the Scy-thians (Amm. Blare, xxii. 9, 12, 13). The oratorLibanius {Orat. 62, torn. iii. p. 337, ed. Reiske)mourns the loss of its thermae, basilicae, temples,gymnasia, schools, public gardens, &c., some of whichwere afterwards restored by Justinian (Procop. 1; comp. Ptol. v. l.§3, viii. 17. §4; 691). From inscriptions we learn that in the later NICOPOLIS. 425. COIN OF NICOMEDEIA period of the empire Nicomedeia enjoyed the honourof a Roman colony (Orelli, Inscript. No. 1060). Thecity is also remarkable as being the native place ofArrian, the historian of Alexander the Great, and asthe place where Hannibal put an end to his che-quered life. Constantine breathed his last at hi:villa Ancyron, near Nicomedeia (Cassiod. ; Philostorg. ii. p. 484). The modern Is7niustill contains many interesting remains of antiquity,respecting which see Pococke, vol. iii. p. 143, &c.;Description de V Asie Mineure, tom. i.; comp. Rasche,Lexic. Rei Num. iii. 1. p. 1435, &c. [L. S.] NICONIS DROMUS (Ni/ctoros ^p6nos, Ei-ythr. p. 9, ed. Hudson; ToviKr], Ptol. § 11; Niici, Ptol. i. 17. § 12), one of the Runs of Azania, on the E. coast of Africa, seven(days stations) in all. Passing the Noti Cornu ofPtolemy (^EL-Khail), the voyager arrived at the Strands (^alyiuAoi), the Little and the Great,extending
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