Historical place profile

Beroe/Augusta Traiana

An ancient city located in the Thracian plain, Augusta Traiana was a Roman foundation that superseded the Hellenistic city of Beroe. Now present-day Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:216731
Catalogue ID
pleiades:216731
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
42.425403, 25.624862
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient city located in the Thracian plain, Augusta Traiana was a Roman foundation that superseded the Hellenistic city of Beroe. Now present-day Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 22 C6 Beroe/Augusta Traiana

Source and reuse

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Research path

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