Hadrianopolis or Hadrianoupolis (Ancient Greek: Ἁδριανούπολις), was a town of ancient Epirus and Illyricum, founded by emperor Hadrian, and situated on the road from Apollonia to Nicopolis, about midway between those two towns.[1] It was repaired and moved by Justinian I, and called Justinianopolis,[2] and became one of the cities of the government of old Epirus and the see of a bishop.[3] The small theatre and other vestiges in the plain below Libohovë mark the position of this city. Ten or twelve miles lower down the river are the ruins of a fortress or small town of the Byzantine age, called Dryinopolis. These remains are of a later age than the theatre, which belongs to Paganism. The probability is, that when Hadrianopolis fell into ruins Dryinopolis was built on a different site, and became the see of the bishop. Hadrianopolis in Epiro remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]

Its site is located near Sofratikë, Dropull, in Albania.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Tabula Peutingeriana
  2. ↑ Procopius de Aed. 4.1.
  3. ↑ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 651.8.
  4. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy
  5. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying.
  6. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hadrianopolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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