Nicomedia's claim to the title ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ — temple-warden — was fiercely contested among the great cities of Bithynia. The ΔΙϹ designation marks the city's second imperial cult temple, a status granted under Septimius Severus and jealously defended against rival claims from Nicaea, which pressed its own neokorate credentials before imperial arbiters throughout this period.
Nicomedia's claim to the title ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ — temple-warden — was fiercely contested among the great cities of Bithynia. The ΔΙϹ designation marks the city's second imperial cult temple, a status granted under Septimius Severus and jealously defended against rival claims from Nicaea, which pressed its own neokorate credentials before imperial arbiters throughout this period.