Hadrianopolis (Epirus)
Hadrianopolis or Hadrianoupolis (Ancient Greek: Ἁδριανούπολις), was a town of ancient Epirus and Illyricum, founded by emperor Hadrian, and situated on the road from Apollonia to Nicopolis, about midway between those two towns.[1] It was repaired and moved by Justinian I, and called Justinianopolis,[2] and became one of the cities of the government of old Epirus and the see of a bishop.[3] The small theatre and other vestiges in the plain below Libohovë mark the position of this city. Ten or twelve miles lower down the river are the ruins of a fortress or small town of the Byzantine age, called Dryinopolis. These remains are of a later age than the theatre, which belongs to Paganism. The probability is, that when Hadrianopolis fell into ruins Dryinopolis was built on a different site, and became the see of the bishop. Hadrianopolis in Epiro remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]
Its site is located near Sofratikë, Dropull, in Albania.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Tabula Peutingeriana
- ^ Procopius de Aed. 4.1.
- ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 651.8.
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hadrianopolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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