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Diocletianopolis (other)
Diocletianopolis or Diokletianoupolis () may refer to a number of places in the ancient world named after Emperor Diocletian. * Diocletianopolis (Palestine), in modern Israel * Diocletianopolis (Thebais), in modern Egypt * Diocletianopolis (Thrace), in modern Bulgaria * Diocletianopolis (Kastoria) in Greece * Diocletianopolis (Pella Pella () is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It served as the capital of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. Currently, it is located 1 km outside the modern town of Pella ...) in Greece See also * Dioclea (other) * Doclea (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocletian
Diocletian ( ; ; ; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Diocles to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia. As with other Illyrian emperors, Illyrian soldiers of the period, Diocles rose through the ranks of the military early in his career, serving under Aurelian and Probus (emperor), Probus, and eventually becoming a Roman cavalry, cavalry commander for the army of Emperor Carus. After the deaths of Carus and his son Numerian on a campaign in Sasanian Empire, Persia, Diocles was proclaimed emperor by the troops, taking the name "Diocletianus". The title was also claimed by Carus's surviving son, Carinus, but he was defeated by Diocletian in the Battle of the Margus. Diocletian's reign stabilized the empire and ended the Crisis of the Third Century. He initiated the process of the Roman Empire split and appointed fellow officer Maximian as ''Augustus (title), Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocletianopolis (Palestine)
Diocletianopolis () was a city near Ascalon. It was given the status of a city under the name Diocletianopolis as part of a Roman policy of urbanization,Kevin Butcher, ''Roman Syria and the Near East'' (Getty Publications 2003 ), p. 121 what had been the territory of Ascalon was divided into three municipal districts, those of Ascalon, Maiumas Ascalon, and Diocletianopolis. Ken Butcher says that what was given the name Diocletianopolis was the port of Ascalon. History This arrangement occurred probably in the reign of (284–311). ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocletianopolis (Thebais)
Qus (, older name , from ) is a city in the modern Qena Governorate, Egypt, located on the east bank of the Nile. History Naming Its modern name is one of many borrowings in Egyptian Arabic from Coptic, the last living phase of Ancient Egyptian. In Graeco-Roman times, it was called Apollonopolis Parva or Apollinopolis Mikra (Greek: ; ), or Apollonos minoris. During the Roman Empire it was renamed Diocletianopolis; and it corresponds, probably, to the Maximianopolis of the later Empire. Overview In the late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period, important people of Qus were buried at Naqada at the other side of the Nile. Here were found several stelae belonging to local governors of Qus, including those of Hetepi (priest). Gesa was an important city in the early part of Egyptian history. Because at that time it served as the point of departure for expeditions to the Red Sea. The city gradually lost its importance, only to regain it in the 13th century with the opening of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocletianopolis (Thrace)
Diocletianopolis (, , "Town of Diocletian") was a magnificent Classical Antiquity, ancient Roman Empire, Roman town in the region of Thrace, nowadays the town of Hisarya in Bulgaria. Its impressive remains include the enormous defensive walls which still stand close to their original height for the majority of their circuit. There is an on-site museum for the many objects discovered. The site The Roman city was situated on a terrace with valleys on three sides and centred on hot mineral springs. Today the city's interior lies mostly buried under a green park. Excavations are still uncovering more unknown and impressive parts of the city. History Archaeological discoveries show that the site was inhabited from 6,000 years BC probably due to the many hot mineral springs nearby. Later, a Thracians, Thracian settlement developed there and in the 5th and 4th centuries BC it became a major market town trading with Greek cities on the northern Aegean as evidenced by the range of im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kastoria
Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains. The town is known for its many Byzantine Empire, Byzantine churches, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine and Ottoman architecture, Ottoman-era domestic architecture, its lake and its fur clothing industry. Name In the 6th century, the historian Procopius wrote the name Kastoria was used for the lake. The first reference to the town of Kastoria is by historian John Skylitzes writing about the late 10th century. The toponym Kastoria means "place of beavers" and is derived from ''kastori'' (καστόρι), the Greek word for European beaver, beaver and an animal whose local habitat was along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pella
Pella () is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It served as the capital of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. Currently, it is located 1 km outside the modern town of Pella (town), Pella. Pella was probably founded at the beginning of the 4th century BC by Archelaus I of Macedon, Archelaus I as the new capital of Macedon, supplanting Aegae (Macedonia), Aigai. The city was the birthplace of Philip II of Macedon, Philip II in 382 BC, and of Alexander the Great, his son, in 356 BC. Pella quickly became the largest and richest city in Macedonia and flourished particularly under the rule of Cassander and Antigonus II Gonatas, Antigonus II. In 168 BC the city was sacked by the Roman Republic, Romans during the Third Macedonian War and entered a long period of decline, its importance eclipsed by that of the nearby Thessaloniki, Thessalonica. Etymology The name is probably derived from the word ''pella'', (), "ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dioclea (other)
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Dioclea or Diocleia, and also Dioklea or Diokleia may refer to : * Diocleia (festival), an annual festival in ancient Megara in honor of the hero Diocles, famous for the kissing contest between men * Dioclea (state), a medieval state of Duklja, in south-eastern part of modern Montenegro * Dioclea in Praevalitana, an ancient Roman and Byzantine city in the Province of Praevalitana, near modern Podgorica in Montenegro * Dioclea in Phrygia, an ancient city and former bishopric in Phrygia (Asia Minor) * ''Dioclea'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae See also * Doclea (other) * Diocletianopolis (other) Diocletianopolis or Diokletianoupolis () may refer to a number of places in the ancient world named after Emperor Diocletian. * Diocletianopolis (Palestine), in modern Israel * Diocletianopolis (Thebais), in modern Egypt * Diocletianopolis (Thrace) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
