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Nicomedia (İzmit)

Nicomedia (Greek: Νικομήδεια): capital of ancient Bithynia, modern İzmit.History Nicomedia, its lake and the Sangarius River 712/711 BCE: founded as a Greek…

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Nijmegen, photos

Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.Nijmegen Fort at the Kops Plateau Legionary base at the Hunerberg Aqueduct Potter's workshop at Holdeurn Civil settlement Batavodurum Monument for Tiberius Civil settlement Ulpia Noviomagus Bridge Sanctuary at Elst Late settlement along the river Late Roman settlement at the…

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Nineveh (Mosul)

Nineveh (Assyrian: Ninua): last capital of the Assyrian Empire, destroyed in 612 BCE, modern Mosul.Early History Early Ninevite Pottery Nineveh, the last capital of Assyria,…

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Nippur

Nippur: ancient Sumerian city, sanctuary of Enlil, modern Nuffar.Nippur Nippur, Temple platform Founded in the Chalcolithic Sumerian, famous for its sanctuary of the…

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Nisibis (Nusaybin)

Nisibis (Greek Νίσιβις; modern Nusaybin): ancient town in Mesopotamia, famous for its late-Roman school.Early History Nisibis, Church of Mar Jacob Situated along…

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Noviomagus (Nijmegen) - Maps

Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.To illustrate the pages on Nijmegen, here are some maps. The river Waal and the canal north of the ice-pushed ridge are shown as they are today. Red: civil settlements Blue:…

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Nysa

Nysa (Greek Νῦσα): mythological place of birth of the god Dionysus. Dionysus Many lines of Homer's Iliad have inspired later authors. One…

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Olba-Diocaesarea

Olba (Ὤλβα): Seleucid city in Rough Cilicia, southern Turkey; its Roman name was Diocaesarea (Διοκαισάρεια), and its modern name is Uzuncaburç …

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