Topeiros

The settlement of Topeiros (near today's Toxotes) is first mentioned in the 1st century BC. Mentioned. It is located on the eastern knee of Nestos near a bridge crossing the river at what is now Paradisos, on the western border of Greek Thrace. The foundation of a Roman city ​​was linked to the construction of the Via Egnatia , as indicated by the ruins of a rest house ( Mansio ) at the river crossing. To the west of the ruined city rises the Lekani Mountains , at this point the northern limit of the Thasitian Peraia . Under the Roman Emperor Justinian I , the city was re-fortified as an important checkpoint on the Via Egnatia. The later ruling palaeologists here also expanded the base. Remains of a middle Byzantine church and rock tombs from that time can be found north of the city ruins.

literature

• Ch. Bakirtzis and D. Triandaphyllos: Thrace . ETBA Cultural Foundation 1992, ISBN 960-244-064-3