A Note on the Name of Nicopolis ad Istrum

Open Archaeology

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Ivo Simeonov Topalilov¹ 

[1] Department of History and Archaeology, The University of Shumen

关键词: Nicopolis;    Hadrian;    Sarmatians;    Iazyges;    Lower Danube;   

DOI  :  10.1515/opar-2018-0021

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: De Gruyter

【 摘 要 】

This paper deals with the hypothesis of why Nicopolis ad Haemum, a town established to glorify the victory of Trajan over the Dacians and their Sarmatian allies south of the Danube, was renamed at the beginning of Hadrian’s rule as Nicopolis ad Istrum. The author believes the change happened in 118/119 AD after a victory of the emperor near the Danube over either Roxolani or Iazyges, with a preference for the latter. This, along with the unfortunate fate of the main person responsible, Q. Marcius Turbo, predetermined the confusion in later historical narratives and the connection of this battle to the Trajanic Dacian Wars, although no such victory is ever attested.

【 授权许可】

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