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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Nicaea

Also known as Nice, Nice (Nicaea), Nicea

  • city
  • Late Roman provincial

A Bithynian city beside its lake, famous as the seat of the first ecumenical council and later a capital of exile. Its walls and churches are occupied through both the age of Constantine and the late Byzantine wars.

Type
city
Style
Late Roman provincial
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 85
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    A Bithynian city beside its lake, famous as the seat of the first ecumenical council and later a capital of exile. Its walls and churches are occupied through both the age of Constantine and the late Byzantine wars.

Key events

  1. Book 1
    Ch. 92    Council of NicaeaIn 325 CE, Constantine convened the first ecumenical council at Nicaea to resolve the Arian controversy, resulting in the Nicene Creed that defined orthodox Christian doctrine on the nature of Christ.

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