Adrianopolis
Edirne (; ), historically known as Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second capital city of the Ottoman ...
( ''Hadrianoupolis'') may refer to several cities named after
Hadrian
Hadrian ( ; ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic peoples, Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, Aelia '' ...
Edirne
Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...
Stratonicea (Caria)
Stratonicea ( Hittite: 𒀜𒊑𒅀 ''Atriya'', ; or per Stephanus of Byzantium: Στρατονίκεια) – also transliterated as Stratonikeia, Stratoniceia, Stratoniki, and Stratonike and Stratonice; a successor settlement to Chrysaoris; a ...
, a former name of Eskihisar, Turkey
*Hadrianopolis in Cilicia, a former name of
Mersin
Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...
, Turkey
*Hadrianopolis in Lycia, another name of
Olympus (Lycia)
Olympus or Olympos (, ''Ólympos''; ) was a city in ancient Lycia. It was situated in a river valley near the coast. Its ruins are located south of the modern town Çıralı in the Kumluca district of Antalya Province, southwestern Turkey. Toget ...
, Turkey
*Hadrianopolis in Lydia or
Stratonicea (Lydia)
Stratonicea – () also transliterated as Stratoniceia and Stratonikeia, earlier Indi, and later for a time Hadrianapolis – was an ancient city in the valley of the Caicus river, between Germe and Acrasus, in Lydia, Anatolia; its si ...
, a former name of Siledik, Turkey
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Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia
Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia () was a city in southwestern Paphlagonia, Asia Minor (modern Turkey), about 3km west of modern Eskipazar.
It was inhabited at least from the 1st century BC to the 8th century AD. It was named after the Roman emper ...
, a town and bishopric of ancient Paphlagonia and later Bithynia, now Turkey
*Hadrianopolis in Pisidia, a former name of
Şarkikaraağaç
Şarkikaraağaç is a town in Isparta Province in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean Region of Anatolia (Asian Turkey). It is the seat of Şarkikaraağaç District.Hadrianopolis (Pisidia), a town of ancient Pisidia, now Turkey
* Hadrianopolis in Phrygia, a town and bishopric of ancient Phrygia, now Turkey
*Hadrianopolis in Pontus, a former name of
Amasya
Amasya () is a city in northern Turkey, in the Black Sea Region. It was called Amaseia or Amasia in antiquity."Amasya" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol ...
, Turkey
*Hadrianopolis in Pontus, a former name of
Niksar
Niksar, historically known as Neocaesarea (Νεοκαισάρεια), is a city in Tokat Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Niksar District.Palmyra
Palmyra ( ; Palmyrene dialect, Palmyrene: (), romanized: ''Tadmor''; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first menti ...
, Syria
Africa
*Hadrianopolis in Africa, a former name of
Carthage
Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classic ...
, Tunisia
*Hadrianopolis in Cyrenaica, a former name of Deriana, Libya
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