page_title: Philippopolis (Thrace)
section_title: Urban Development
hierarchical_section_title: Philippopolis (Thrace) / Urban Development
caption_attribution_description: English: Urban plan of Philippopolis (IV century BC -VI century AD) based on a three dimensional model of arch. Matey Mateev published in the book Древният Филипопол (ISBN 978-954-491-821-7)
context_page_description: Philippopolis is one of the ancient names of the city of Plovdiv and is the one by which it was known for the most of its recorded history. The city became one of the largest and most important in region, as shown by its still impressive ancient remains, and was called "the largest and most beautiful of all cities" by Lucian.
  The city was originally a Thracian settlement, later being invaded by Persians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Goths, Huns, Bulgarians, Slav-Vikings, Crusaders and Turks.
  In 342 BC, Philip II of Macedon conquered the Thracian town and gave it his name. Later, Philippopolis became part of the Roman empire and capital of the Roman province Thracia. According to Ammianus Marcellinus, Philippopolis had a population of 100,000 in the Roman period.
context_section_description: The layout of Philippopolis was revealed to a large extent by archeology between 1965-85 which with historical records confirm the presence of three archeological levels: Hellenistic, Roman and Late Roman.
caption: Model of Philippopolis in the Roman period created by arch. Matey Mateev
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