The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Philippopolis

Also known as Trimontium

  • city
  • Hellenistic foundations, Roman modifications

The Thracian city of Trimontium, later Philippopolis, spread beneath three rocky hills. It lay on the Balkan road and suffered in the Gothic wars.

Type
city
Style
Hellenistic foundations, Roman modifications
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 36
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    The Thracian city of Trimontium, later Philippopolis, spread beneath three rocky hills. It lay on the Balkan road and suffered in the Gothic wars.

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