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Nacolea

Seyitgazi

Nacolea, now Seyitgazi in Turkey, lay on the river Parthenios in Phrygia. An ancient lexicon derived its name from a nymph called Nakole, or from Nakolos, son of Daskylos, and a coin names Heracles as founder, yet the name is probably Phrygian. In 366 the usurper Procopius was defeated near here by Valens: the historian Ammianus tells how his general Agilo went over to the emperor with troops carrying their shields upside down, the plainest sign of desertion. In 399 the revolt of the Goths under Tribigild broke out here, and in 451 its first known bishop, Basil, attended the Council of Chalcedon.

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