Nike (Thrace)
Nike or Nice (Ancient Greek: Νίκη), or Nicaea or Nikaia (Νίκαια), or Nicae, was a town of Thrace, not far from Adrianople, the scene of the defeat and death of the emperor Valens by the Goths in 378.[1]
References
- ↑ Amm. Marcell. 31.13; Cedren. ii. p. 183; Sozom. 4.19; Theoph. p. 772.
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Coordinates: 41°32′58″N 26°49′24″E / 41.549461°N 26.823461°E
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