| GEO ID: |
1469 |
| Name: |
Nikopolis |
| Variant names: |
Nikopolis - Iouliopolis (Iuliopolis) - Parembole (?) - Sidi Gaber |
| Greek name: |
Νικόπολις - Ἰουλιόπολις |
| Latin name: |
Parembole (?) |
| Egyptian name: |
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| Coptic name: |
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| Other: |
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| Modern name: |
Sidi Gaber |
| Ethnic: |
Nikopolites |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
L |
| Nome: |
00 |
| Administrative situation: |
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| Status: |
city: polis; oppidum |
| Location: |
immediately east of L00 Alexandria (100) |
| Identification: |
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| Repertoria: |
Dizionario I 1, p. xii; p. 116; p. 134; III, p. 29; p. 361 (2); Suppl. 2, p. 12; p. 79; p. 135 (2); p. 151 (3); Suppl. 3, p. 14; p. 54; p. 81 |
| Bibliography: |
RE s.v. Nikopolis 9; P. Lips. 2, p. 106-107; Worp, ZPE 87 (1991), p. 294 |
| Maps: |
Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 74 |
| Notes: |
founded by Octavianus; the offical name Iouliopolis was only in use in the 1st-2nd century AD |
