Traianopolis (Thrace)
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Traianoupoli Τραϊανούπολη |
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The ruins of four baths of the Roman and Ottoman period
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| Coordinates: 40°52′N 25°59′E / 40.867°N 25.983°ECoordinates: 40°52′N 25°59′E / 40.867°N 25.983°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit | Evros |
| Municipality | Alexandroupoli |
| • Municipal unit | 163.5 km2 (63.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Municipal unit | 2,706 |
| • Municipal unit density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Vehicle registration | EB |
Traianoupoli (Greek: Τραϊανούπολη) or Traianopolis or Trajanopolis was a medieval settlement abandoned in the 14th century in the Evros regional unit of East Macedonia and Thrace region, northeastern Greece. It was used as the name of a municipality following the 1997 Kapodistrias Plan, which became a municipal unit of Alexandroupoli in 2011.
Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandroupoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 163.549 km2. Population 2,706 (2011).
The seat of the municipality is in Antheia.
The municipal unit Traianoupoli is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages given in parenthesis) :
The city was founded by the Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98–117) near the ancient town of Doriscus, and received his name. In the Roman period, the city was famous for its baths.
In the 4th century, it became the capital and metropolitan see of the Thracian Roman province of Rhodope. Under Justinian I (r. 527–565) the city walls were repaired. The city remained the metropolis of the ecclesiastical province of Rhodope until its decline in the 14th century, but ceased being a provincial capital with the rise of the theme system, coming under the Theme of Macedonia, although a single strategos of Traianoupolis is attested in an 11th-century seal. In autumn 1077, the troops of the rebel general Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder proclaimed him emperor at Traianoupolis.
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