Asia Minor: Farewell to Constantinople, Brussa, ascent to Olympus and Troy

Early in the morning I left the Princes' Islands. My Kirlang was directed towards the east. We raised the sail, and at the deadliest morning, without losing sight of the Azlyat coast, we walked quite quickly. Soon we turned sharply towards noon and went around Kaetalskaya. In this direction we sailed for an hour and a half, passed by the George Monastery, past Cape Akrit, and landed on the shore near 'Tusla, near a village that the Turks call 'Hevisa. This village is on the high road leading from Scutari to Nicomidya. So here it is, ancient Livissa!... Here the greatest commander of his time ended his days, Annibal, conqueror of the Romans! This hillock, to the north of the village, is Hannibal's grave (). While my rowers were having dinner and resting, I examined the hillock. There are no remains that could clearly indicate that this place was the burial mound of Hannibal. who ceased to fear him, abandoned even by his last patron, King Antochus, he died in Livisef, still plotting to inflict new blows on Rome. The amazing fate of a great man, Hannibal, the horror of Rome, a hero who almost destroyed the entire history and destruction of Europe in favor of Africa, litter humbly, in poverty and almost no one. unknown village, in the corner of Pronontis! I carefully examined the hill, and I think I can say with confidence that it has never been torn apart. I could not stop here for a long time, and returned to the boats; GdB found his oarsmen awaiting my orders. We sailed close to the coast, rounded the Philokrensky Cape, and, turning sharply to the east, entered Nikomidsky Bay. It crashes far into the ground; its shores are mountainous and picturesque; At the very end, where the bay narrows quite a bit, was the once famous Nicomedia. Philokrensyu Cape received its name from the city of the same name. It was here that the dying Greek Empire dared to fight the Turks for the last time. The Greeks were led by Emperor Andronicus; The Turks fought under the command of the glorious Sultan of their Orkan. Although Byzantine writers attribute the victory to their compatriots, judging by the traces of the battle, Skorfa should attribute it to the Turks. The wounded Andronik escaped to Constantinople. The Turks captured the camp and the convoy, and two days after the battle they took Philokreno, and soon after Nicomida! Nikomidio (current Ie-pik) was founded by Nikomedes Ts, son and heir of the treacherous Pruss1as, King of Viein. He moved his capital there, and his luxurious avor was famous in the east. It is known that Yumy Caesar, as a young man, lived for a short time with Nicomedes the Second. Under the Roman Caesars, this city was in a flourishing state. The Great Wolf Theater was glorified in it; the walls of the city, if you believe the Byzantine writers, were not inferior to the hardness of the walls of Babylon. Nikomidsh was patronized by Augustus; 'Trajan decorated it with many buildings; but Duclitan especially magnified it, moved his residence to it, and made it great to such an extent that Nicomides soon became a rival of Rome. And now the remains of the ruins of the D1uklit!anova palace are still visible. Nowadays, Is-nik bVdnoe m5stechko. I searched in vain for any remnants of his greatness: everything perished; even his name does not exist and is barely discernible in the nickname we now call him.