Nicopolis ad Nestum/Ulpia Nicopolis

settlement · 30 BC – 1453 AD

A settlement founded in Thrace to mark Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It is located on the left bank of the Mesta river. Occupied through late antiquity, the site was destroyed by the seventh century and subsequently re-occupied by the late tenth century.

Nicopolis ad Nestum/Ulpia Nicopolis
Coordinates
41.59620, 23.79580
Also known as
Nicopolis ad Nestum, Ulpia Nicopolis
Dating
attested

Sources

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