Thessalonica - ܬܣܠܘܢܝܩܐ
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“One of the most important Roman cities on the Balkan peninsula, Thessalonica was provincial capital of Macedonia prima and the administrative center of the whole Illyrian prefecture. Prior to the rise of Constantinople, it was even imperial capital during parts of the 4th century.” 1
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- Lat. 40.628342° Long. 22.952885°3
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“One of the most important Roman cities on the Balkan peninsula, Thessalonica was provincial capital of Macedonia prima and the administrative center of the whole Illyrian prefecture. Prior to the rise of Constantinople, it was even imperial capital during parts of the 4th century.” 1
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- 1 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1491.
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 57; 327, chapter: 3.2.3; 3.6.25.
- 3 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491741
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