Oescus
Ancient city · Bulgaria
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 43.700, 24.483
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: archaeological site in Bulgaria
History
Oescus, Palatiolon or Palatiolum was an important ancient city on the Danube river in Roman Moesia. It later became known as Ulpia Oescus. It lay northwest of the modern Bulgarian city of Pleven, near the village of Gigen.