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Beroe Gilva
Beroe or Beroë may refer to : Places and jurisdictions * a city and former archbishopric of Ancient Thrace, now Stara Zagora in Bulgaria and a Latin Catholic titular see, which was founded under the name Beroe (meaning iron) and renamed to ''Augusta Trajana'' ** Battle of Beroe, fought at Beroe in 250 between the Romans and the Goths ** Battle of Beroia, fought at Beroe in 1122 between the Pechenegs and the Byzantine Empire ** PFC Beroe Stara Zagora, commonly known as PFC Beroe, a football club from Stara Zagora *** Beroe Stadium, PFC Beroe's multi-use stadium ** BC Beroe, a basketball club from Stara Zagora * Beroea, also called Berea, an ancient (Biblical) city in Greece, now known as Veria ** Beroeans, the inhabitants of that city, also called Bereans * a Roman fortified frontier post at the lower Danube, now Ostrov, Tulcea, Tulcea County, Romania Other uses * ''Beroe'' (ctenophore), a genus of the Nuda class of comb jellies (ctenophore phylum) * In Greek mythology: ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora ( bg, Стара Загора, ) is the sixth-largest city in Bulgaria, and the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province. Name The name comes from the Slavic root ''star'' ("old") and the name of the medieval region of Zagore ("beyond the alkanmountains" in Slavic) The original name was Beroe, which was changed to Ulpia Augusta Traiana by the Romans. From the 6th century the city was called Vereja and, from 784, Irenopolis (Greek: Ειρηνούπολις) in honour of the Byzantine empress Irene of Athens. In the Middle Ages it was called Boruj by the Bulgarians and later, Železnik. The Turks called it Eski Hisar (old fort) and Eski Zagra, from which its current name derives, assigned in 1871. History The original Thracian settlement dates from the 5-4th century BC when it was called Beroe or Beroia. The city was founded by Philip II of Macedon in 342 BC. Under the Roman Empire, the city was renamed ''Ulpia Augusta Traiana'' in hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
