Local mapThe mosaic "The Achaeans of Menander", found near the Temple of Fortuna in Ulpia Oescus, Pleven MuseumA caryatid from Ulpia Oescus, Pleven history museumFragment of fresco from the civic basilica of Ulpia Oescus, Pleven Museum
Oescus, Palatiolon[1] or Palatiolum[2] (Bulgarian: Улпия Ескус, pronounced[oɫˈpiɐˈɛskos]) was an important ancient city on the Danube river in Roman Moesia. It later became known as Ulpia Oescus. It lay northwest of the modern Bulgarian city of Pleven, near the village of Gigen.
For a short time it was linked by the longest and most famous stone bridge across the Danube, Constantine's Bridge, with the ancient city of Sucidava (modern-day Corabia, Romania).[3]
The city seems to have at one point reached a area of 280,000 m2[4] and a population of 100,000.[5]
Archaeological excavations have brought to light parts of the ancient city and are continuing.
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described Ulpia Oescus as a city of the Triballi, an independent ancient tribe which inhabited today’s northwestern Bulgaria. Under Roman rule, Oescus began as...
1976 ILIAN BOYANOV, Oescus - from castra to colonia. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297565828_Oescus_-_from_castra_to_colonia...
Bastarnae who had recently subjugated the Triballi, and with their capital at Oescus. Augustus also wanted to avenge the defeat of Gaius Antonius at Histria...
an ancient people who lived in northern Bulgaria in the region of Roman Oescus up to southeastern Serbia, possibly near the territory of the Morava Valley...
respectively. The island is named after the ancient Roman town of Oescus in Northern Bulgaria. Oescus Island is located at 62°21′07″S 59°41′15.5″W / 62.35194°S...
Avars destroy a lien of Roman camps along the Danubian Limes, including Oescus and Ratiaria. The Page with the Crucifixion, from the "Rabbula Gospels"...
of other nomads. In 328, the Romans built a bridge between Sucidava and Oescus (near Gigen) which indicates that there was a significant trade with the...
vicus was also created around the Tropaeum Traianum. The garrison city of Oescus received the status of Roman colony after its legionary garrison was redeployed...
Constantine's Bridge, built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus (Gigen, Bulgaria), is officially opened by the Roman architect Theophilus...
of Scythia Minor. Emnetzur and Ultzindur kinsmen of his, seized by force Oescus and Vtus and Almus in Dacia on the bank of the Danube, and many of the Huns...
Bulgaria). Cniva's main column under the King himself crossed the Danube at Oescus then headed eastwards to Novae, where he was repelled by the provincial...
forts, rather than cities, were typical of the province". Besides Ratiaria, Oescus was the major settlement. Dacia Ripensis was one of the "Two Dacias" established...
Roman Castellum, Road-side Station and Settlements on the Road Oescus (Ulpia Oescus) – Philippopolis 2nd-5th c., THRACIAN, GREEK, ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL...
Cniva's main column of 70,000 under the King himself crossed the Danube at Oescus then headed eastwards to Novae, where he was repelled by the provincial...
Romania Nentivava, ancient Olteniţa, Romania Netindava Nipsa near Panisus Oescus of the Triballi tribe Odryssa or Uscudama, modern Edirne, capital of the...
Vrhnika Slovenia 9 AD Solva Esztergom Hungary 10 AD Colonia Ulpia Oescensium (Oescus) Gigen, Pleven Bulgaria 15 AD Odessos Varna Bulgaria 44 AD Colonia Claudia...
000°W / -74.283; -117.000 Nupkins Island Nusser Island O'Brien Island Oescus Island Ofelia Island Ohlin Island or Bailys Island (63°30′S 60°07′W / 63...
another name for Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Colonia Ulpia Oescensium or Oescus, near modern Pleven, Bulgaria. Colonia Ulpia Ratiaria, near modern Archar...
most famous for being built on the site of the important Roman colony of Oescus. The extensive ruins are located in the northwestern part of the village...
Bulgaria Nicopolis ad Nestum, Bulgaria Novae Odessus, modern Varna, Bulgaria Oescus, Bulgaria Olympia, Greece Oppidum of Manching, Germany Paestum, Italy Philippopolis...
Artschar) Novae (near the town of Svishtov) Viminatium Singidunum (Belgrad) Oescus The widespread name for the lower courses of the Danube river in Roman times...
him and looted the city. Decius was forced to withdraw his army north to Oescus leaving Cniva ample time to ravage Moesia and move on to Philippopolis (Thracia)...
unearthed in Philipopolis (modern Plovdiv), Nicopolis (Nikopol), Ulpia Oescus (Gigen, Pleven Province), and Stobi (now in North Macedonia). The earliest...
station called Storgosia arose near present-day Pleven on the road from Oescus (near modern Gigen) to Philippopolis (now Plovdiv). It later evolved into...
entire legions (Legio V Macedonica and Legio XIII Gemina, now positioned in Oescus and Ratiaria) and a substantial number of auxiliary units, for a combined...
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