The only other places of importance at the present day are Ismid (Nicomedia) and Scutari.
Diocletian, who persecuted us, gave the example by establishing his residence at Nicomedia.
When Eusebius of Nicomedia took up their cause, they fared a little better.
It seems to have been begun in Nicomedia about 304 and finished in Gaul before 311.
In 303 Christians were accused of burning the imperial palace at Nicomedia and suffered accordingly.
