Historical place profile
Plotino(u)polis
A Roman settlement located immediately to the southeast of modern Didymoteicho, Greece, Plotinopolis was founded by the Roman emperor Trajan in honor of his wife, Plotina. Roman-era material culture has been identified at the site, beginning with chance finds in the 1960s and continuing through subsequent scientific excavation.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:501572
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:501572
- Place type
- archaeological-site, estate, settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.344285, 26.504456
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A Roman settlement located immediately to the southeast of modern Didymoteicho, Greece, Plotinopolis was founded by the Roman emperor Trajan in honor of his wife, Plotina. Roman-era material culture has been identified at the site, beginning with chance finds in the 1960s and continuing through subsequent scientific excavation.
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 G2 Plotino(u)polis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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