Maximianopolis ( grc, Μαξιμιανούπολις, link=no, "city of Maximianus") can refer to the following ancient cities, named after the Roman emperor
Maximian
Maximian ( la, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus; c. 250 – c. July 310), nicknamed ''Herculius'', was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was ''Caesar'' from 285 to 286, then '' Augustus'' from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title with his ...
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Maximianopolis in Arabia
Shaqqa or Shakka ( ar, شَقَّا, Šaqqā) is a Syrian town in As Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria, whose some 8,000 inhabitants are mainly Druze, descendants of those who migrated here from Lebanon in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In anc ...
, in modern Syria
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Maximianopolis (Osrhoene)
Constantia or Konstantia ( grc, Κωνσταντία) was a town of some importance in the province Osrhoene in Mesopotamia, on the road between Nisibis and Carrhae, at no great distance from Edessa. It was, after his departure from Nisibis, the ...
, in modern Turkey
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Maximianopolis (Palestine) Maximianopolis ( grc, Μαξιμιανόπολις) was an ancient city in Palaestina Secunda, within the Byzantine Empire. The name Maximianopolis (City of Maximian) was given to it by Diocletian, in honour of his co-emperor Maximian. It was locat ...
, in modern Israel
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Maximianopolis (Pamphylia)
Tefenni is a town in Burdur Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tefenni District
Tefenni District is a district of the Burdur Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Tefenni.[Maximianopolis in Rhodope
Mosynopolis ( el, Μοσυνόπολις), of which only ruins now remain in Greek Thrace, was a city in the Roman province of Rhodope, which was known until the 9th century as Maximianopolis (Μαξιμιανούπολις) or, to distinguish it ...]
, in modern Greece
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Maximianopolis (Thebaid)
Qena ( ar, قنا ' , locally: ; cop, ⲕⲱⲛⲏ ''Konē'') is a city in Upper Egypt, and the capital of the Qena Governorate. Situated on the east bank of the Nile, it was known in antiquity as Kaine (Greek Καινή, meaning "new (city)"; ...
, in modern Egypt
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Maximianus (disambiguation) Maximianus or Maximian may refer to the following people:
* Marcus Valerius Maximianus, suffect consul in 186, legionary legate during the Marcomannic Wars
*Maximian (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius), co-emperor with Diocletian, 286� ...
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Maximiana,
Maximianae
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Maximopolis (various cities)
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