Historical place profile
Nicopolis ad Nestum/Ulpia Nicopolis
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:501525
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:501525
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.596200, 23.795804
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
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 51 B1 Nicopolis ad Nestum/Ulpia Nicopolis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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