Nicopolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.M. Murray
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Feb 14, 2024 08:45 PM
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History
An ancient city of Epirus founded by Octavian ca. 31 B.C. to commemorate his victory over Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531013
39.0157, 20.7360035
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 34834 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Actanicopoli (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Nicopolis (30 BC - AD 640)
- Nicopolis capital of Epirus Vetus (unspecified date range)
- Bouleuterion located at Nicopolis (unspecified date range)
- City wall, Nicopolis located at Nicopolis (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater at Nicopolis located at Nicopolis (unspecified date range)
- Villa of Manius Antoninus located at Nicopolis (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 C3 Nicopolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Palaio-Preveza
W.M. Murray, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Nicopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531013> [accessed: 20 April 2024]
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