Philippopolis
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The term Philippopolis which translates as "Philip's Town," may refer to the following cities:
The term may also refer to:
- PlovdivPlovdivPlovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, Bulgaria (named after Philip II of Macedon, Alexander the Great's father) - ShahbaShahbaShahba , known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis, is a city located 87 km south of Damascus in the Jabal el Druze in As-Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea.-Roman history:...
, Syria (named after Marcus Julius Philippus, called Philip the Arab)
The term may also refer to:
- Battle of Philippopolis (disambiguation), several different battles
- Hermes of PhilippopolisHermes of PhilippopolisHermes of Philippopolis was one of the Seventy Disciples and was bishop in Philippopolis in Thrace . The Shepherd of Hermas is also traditionally ascribed to him...
— one of the Seventy Disciples - Duchy of PhilippopolisDuchy of PhilippopolisThe Duchy of Philippopolis was a short-lived duchy of the Latin Empire founded after the collapse and partition of the Byzantine Empire in 1204. It included the city of Plovdiv and the surrounding region. It was liberated for a short time by Emperor Kaloyan of Bulgaria in 1207 but was lost by his...
— a short-lived duchy of the Latin Empire after the breakup of the Byzantine Empire