Hadrianopolis
Hadrianopolis or Hadrianoupolis (Greek: Ἁδριανούπολις), erroneously but frequently also Adrianopolis, was the name of numerous cities in the ancient world, named after the Roman Emperor Hadrian, including several (archi)episcopal sees :
- in Europe
- Hadrianopolis (in Hæmimonto), capital of Turkish Thrace, known in English as "Adrianople", now Edirne, Turkey
- also a titular Metropolitan see, as Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto
- Hadrianopolis in Cilicia, now Mersin, Turkey
- Hadrianopolis in Epirus, now Dropull, Albania; now a titular episcopal see
- Hadrianopolis in Pontus, better known as Neocaesarea, now Niksar, Turkey
- in Asia
- Hadrianopolis in Honoriade, also Constanti(n)a, now Viranşehir in southeastern Anatolia (modern Turkey); now a titular episcopal see
- Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia, north-western Anatolia (modern Turkey)
- Hadrianopolis in Pisidia, southern Anatolia (modern Turkey); now a titular episcopal see
- in Africa
- Hadrianopolis, also called Hadriane, now Deriana, Libya
See also
- Adrianopolis (disambiguation)
- Hadriana
- Hadriane
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