Beroe/Augusta Traiana
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.G. Poulter
Creators: A.G. Poulter
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Last modified
Jan 27, 2026 03:27 PM
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History
An ancient city located in the Thracian plain, Augusta Traiana was a Roman foundation that superseded the Hellenistic city of Beroe. Now present-day Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216731
42.4254025, 25.624862
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 23901 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Augusta Traiana (30 BC - AD 300)
- Beroe (330 BC - AD 640)
- Berone (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Eski Zağra (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Стара Загора (Stara Zagora: Cyrillic Bulgarian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- زغره (Zaġra: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1400 - AD 1499)
- Zaġra Eskisi (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- None
- Ancient forum of Beroe/Augusta Traiana located at Beroe/Augusta Traiana (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
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- Arachne Stara Sagora, (Augusta Traiana / Vereja / Beroe / Ειρηνούπολις / Irinopolis / Βέρεια / Železnik / Железник) Stara Sagora, Bulgarien, Europa
- EDH Geographic Database 26551: Augusta Traiana – Stara Zagora (Bulevard Mitropolit Metodi Kusev, 57, bei, spätantike Straße, sekundär verwendet)
- EDH Geographic Database G020256: Augusta Traiana – Stara Zagora
- GeoNames 726848: Stara Zagora
- KU TP Database (Rathmann) 1098: Berone
- TM GEO ID 15865: Augusta Traiana (Stara Zagora)
- Wikidata Augusta Traiana (Q11909204)
- iDAI.gazetteer 2066662: Stara Zagora
- nomisma.org Augusta Trajana
- vici.org 17401: Stara Zagora, Стара Загора, BG - AUGUSTA TRAIANA
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 22 C6 Beroe/Augusta Traiana
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Stara Zagora BUL
A.G. Poulter, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Beroe/Augusta Traiana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216731> [accessed: 12 June 2026]
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