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Hadrianopolis

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
38.145, 31.678
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Phrygia in modern-day Turkey

History

Hadrianopolis or Hadrianoupolis was a town in ancient Phrygia, built by the emperor Hadrian, between Philomelium and Tyriaeum. It was a bishopric, whose bishop attended the Council of Chalcedon and the Second Council of Constantinople.

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