Claudiopolis ( grc, Κλαυδιόπολις, Klaudiopolis, city of Claudius) is the name of a number of ancient cities named after Roman emperor
Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...
or another person bearing that name (in the case of Cluj-Napoca), notably:
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Claudiopolis (Bithynia)
Bithynium or Bithynion ( grc, Βιθύνιον) was a city in the interior of Bithynia, lying above Tius, as Strabo describes it, and possessing the country around Salone or Salon, which was a good feeding country for cattle, and noted for its chee ...
or Bithynium
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Claudiopolis (Cilicia)
Claudiopolis ( grc, Κλαυδιόπολις) also called Ninica and Ninica Claudiopolis, was an ancient city of Cilicia. Ammianus mentions Seleucia and Claudiopolis as cities of Cilicia, or of the country drained by the Calycadnus; and Claudio ...
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Claudiopolis (Cappadocia) Claudiopolis (Greek: , ''city of Claudius'') was an ancient city of Cappadocia mentioned by Pliny (v. 24). From its name one can adduce that it was named for Roman emperor Claudius.
In 493, during the Isaurian War (492-497), the Roman general Dio ...
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Claudiopolis (Cataonia) Claudiopolis (Greek: , ''city of Claudius'') was an ancient city of Cataonia mentioned by Ptolemy (v. 7).Its name suggests that it was named for the Roman emperor Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – ...
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Claudiopolis (Galatia) Claudiopolis (Greek: , ''city of Claudius'') was an ancient city of Galatia mentioned by Ptolemy as belonging to the Trocmi. It sat on the Halys river, northwest of Carissa; but its site has not been located.Abila Lysaniou
Abila Lysaniou or Abila Lysaniae or Abila ( grc, Ἄβιλα ἐπικαλουμένη Λυσανίου or Ἄβιλα) was an ancient city, on the Abana River and capital of ancient Abilene, Coele-Syria. The site is currently that of the village ...
, an ancient city in Syria also called Claudiopolis
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Cluj-Napoca
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, a city in Romania
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Cyrene, Libya
Cyrene ( ) or Kyrene ( ; grc, Κυρήνη, Kyrḗnē, arb, شحات, Shaḥāt), was an ancient Greek and later Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities, known as the pentapolei ...
, renamed after 262 AD, in honor of the 3rd-century Roman emperor
Claudius II
Marcus Aurelius Claudius "Gothicus" (10 May 214 – January/April 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman emperor from 268 to 270. During his reign he fought successfully against the Alemanni and decisively defeated the Goths at the Battle ...
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