Perinthus

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Perinthus was an ancient Greek city in Thrace that became an important regional center and later a prominent Roman provincial capital.

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Perinthus canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
ancient city
settlement
alliedWith Byzantium
besiegedBy Philip II of Macedon
besiegedInCentury 4th century BC
colonizedBy Samians
currencyUsed Greek coinage
foundedBy Samos
foundedInCentury 7th century BC
foundedInPeriod Archaic period
hadStatus free city under Rome
provincial capital of Thrace
hasAlternativeName Heraclea in Europa
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf harbour structures
theatre
walls
knownAs Heraclea Perinthus
languageInAntiquity Greek
laterCurrencyUsed Roman coinage
laterLanguage Latin
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn Thrace
Thrace
surface form: ancient Thrace
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedNear Marmaraereğlisi
surface form: Marmara Ereğlisi

Sea of Marmara
surface form: Propontis
locatedOn Sea of Marmara
coastal promontory
important land routes between Europe and Asia
locatedWestOf Byzantium
mentionedBy Pliny the Elder
Ptolemy
Strabo
modernSite Marmaraereğlisi
surface form: Marmara Ereğlisi
partOf Byzantine Empire
Greek world
Roman Empire
religionInAntiquity ancient Greek religion
renamedAs Heraclea in Europa
renamedInPeriod Roman period
servedAs Roman provincial capital
regional center
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
Roman Antiquity
surface form: Roman period
wasImportantFor maritime commerce
strategic position
trade
wasSeatOf bishopric

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Thrace capitalUnderRomans Perinthus
Samians colonized Perinthus
Kingdom of Thrace hasPortCity Perinthus