NICOMEDIA

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NICOMEDIA; the chief city of Bithynia, named after its founder, Nicomedes the 'First. Nicopoiiis (city of victory); the name of many ancient cities; of two in Egypt and two others in Moesia and Dacia. One of the most celebrated is that in Epirus, built by Augustus, in commemoration of his victory over Anthony, at Actium (q. v.), which made him master of the Roman empire. Ruins of this city are still to be seen near Prevesa.JYicopolis, in Bulgaria, the chief place of a Turkish sangiacat, 164 miles west of Adrianople, 276 northwest of Constantinople, with 10,000 inhabitants, was built by Trajan. It lies on the right bank of the Danube, and is a place of considerable trade. Bajazet, the Turkish emperor, gained a victory here over Sigismund, king of Hungary, in 1396. Lat. 43° 45! N.; Ion. 24° 8' E.