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Eubulus had traveled with Adrian of Batanea to visit and minister to the Christian congregation in Caesarea. Upon arrival at the gates they were asked their purpose and told the truth, for which they were immediately imprisoned by the guards, under the orders of Governor Firmilian, [2] who had them tortured.
Batanaea or Batanea was an area often mentioned between the first century BC until the fourth century AD. It is often mixed with the biblical Bashan as its hellenized/latinized form (of Bashan ) and as a part of the Biblical Holy Land , northeast of the Jordan River .
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word adur , meaning "sea" or "water". [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
French statue of Saint Adrian. Adrian and Natalia lived in Nicomedia during the time of Emperor Maximian in the early fourth century. [4] The twenty-eight-year-old Adrian was head of the praetorium. It is said that while presiding over the torture of a band of Christians, he asked them what reward they expected to receive from God.
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Nicomedia (/ ˌ n ɪ k ə ˈ m iː d i ə /; [1] Greek: Νικομήδεια, Nikomedeia; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey.In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocletian who ruled in the east), a status which the city maintained during the Tetrarchy system (293–324).