Izmit, Turkey - Remains of a Roman Wall
Izmit, Turkey - Remains of a Roman Wall. Izmit (Nicomedia) was the metropolis of Bithynia under the Roman Empire (see Nicaea), and Diocletian made it the eastern capital city of the Roman Empire in 286 when he introduced the Tetrarchy system
Picture No
10948389
Media ID
46703890
Size
5100px x 3307px
(4.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1930s
