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LITERARY SOURCES |
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Lucian |
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The Fugitives |
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Notes |
“...the best of all cities which beauty shines from far. |
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Iordanes |
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Rom.221 |
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Notes |
“...Pulpudeva quea nunc Philippopolis...”. This is a mistake because Pulpudeva is just a Thracian translation of the Greek name Philippopolis |
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Plutarch |
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Moralia, 10, p. 520 |
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Notes |
He calls the town Poneropolis – city of brigands |
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Author |
The Elder Pliny |
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Historia Naturalis.,IV, 11.41 |
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Notes |
He describes the main phases of the development of the city. |
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Author |
Ptolemy |
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Geographia, III, 11,12 |
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Notes |
He, like the Elder Pliny calls the city “Trimontium” |
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Author |
Tacitus |
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Annales, III, 38 |
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Notes |
He mentions the city in relation with Bellum Coelaleticum |
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Author |
Dexippos |
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Work |
The Scyths, 5,10 |
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Notes |
He describes the burning down of the town by the Goths in 250/251 |
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Tabula Peutingeriana |
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Notes |
On the tabula the name of the city is spelled “Phinipopolis” |
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Author |
Ammianus Marcellinus |
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Work |
Res gestae |
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Notes |
The town is big and spacious. |
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Author |
Hierocles |
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Work |
Hieroclis Synecdemus, 635, 3-5 |
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Notes |
He mentiones five importene cities in Thrace – the first one is Philippopolis |
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Author |
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Life of Alexander the Roman |
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Notes |
The author mentions the existence of a market place (parembole) in the region of the city. |
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EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES |
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Type of object |
Statue base |
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Type of information |
Latin inscription concerning the erecting of a statue of the Roman emperor Basiliscus (475-476 A.D.) |
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Place of preservation |
Archaeological Museum Plovdiv |
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Path_image |
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Type of object |
Early Christian Inscription |
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Type of information |
Fragment of a tile relating to someone called Tatian who was ergolabos (a greek word concerning people who had something to do with construction work). |
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Place of preservation |
Archaeological Museum Plovdiv |
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