Mosynopolis
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Mosynopolis (), of which only ruins now remain in Greek Thrace, was a city in the Roman province of Rhodope, which was known until the 9th century as Maximianopolis (Μαξιμιανούπολις) or, to distinguish it from other cities of the same name, as Maximianopolis in Rhodope.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Mosynopolis
- Ancient site.native_name
- Μοσυνόπολις
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Maximianopolis
- Ancient site.image
- 20100418 Maximianoupolis Mosynopolis Rhodope Thrace Greece 2.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- A central plan church in Mosynopolis
- Ancient site.map_type
- Greece
- Ancient site.location
- Near Komotini, Greece
- Ancient site.region
- Thrace
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 13th century
- Ancient site.cultures
- Roman, Byzantine
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
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Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού | Μαξιμιανούπολις-Μοσυνούπολις
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- 20100418 Maximianoupolis Mosynopolis Rhodope Thrace Greece 2.jpg
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- Maximianoupolis
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- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=5941
- native label
- Μαξιμιανούπολις-Μοσυνούπολις
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Mosynopolis (), of which only ruins now remain in Greek Thrace, was a city in the Roman province of Rhodope, which was known until the 9th century as Maximianopolis (Μαξιμιανούπολις) or, to distinguish it from other cities of the same name, as Maximianopolis in Rhodope.
== History == The city of Maximianopolis appears in written sources from the 4th century on. Its fortifications were renewed by Byzantine emperor Justinian I, and it was later a base for operations by Emperor Basil II in his wars against the Bulgarians.
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