Nicopolis
Nicopolis or Actia Nicopolis was the capital city of the Roman province of Epirus. Its site, near Preveza, Greece, still contains impressive ruins. The city was founded in 29 BC by Octavian in commemoration of his victory in 31 BC over Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium nearby.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient city founded by Augustus after the battle of Actium
- Also known as: “Mint of Nicopolis”, “Nicopolis (Epirus)”, “Nicopolis Actia”, “Nicopolis ad Actium”, “Nicopolis d’Epire”, “Nikopoli”, “Νικόπολη Ηπείρου”, “Никопол”, and “尼哥波立”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nikopoli and Mytikas.
Nicopolis
- Categories: archaeological site, group of structures or buildings, ancient city, voluntary association, tourism, and office
- Location: Preveza, Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.00906° or 39° 0′ 33″ north
Longitude
20.73433° or 20° 44′ 4″ east
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
8GF22P5M+JP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
office=association
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Nicopolis” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Νικόπολις”
- Armenian: “Նիկոպոլիս”
- Asturian: “Nicópolis”
- Basque: “Nikopolis”
- Belarusian: “Нікопаль”
- Bulgarian: “Никополи”
- Catalan: “Nicòpolis de l’Epir”
- Cebuano: “Nikópolis”
- Chinese: “尼科波利斯”
- Croatian: “Nikopol”
- Czech: “Nikopolis”
- Danish: “Nikopolis”
- Dutch: “Nicopolis”
- Finnish: “Nikopolis”
- French: “Nicopolis d’Épire”
- Galician: “Nicópolis”
- German: “Nikopolis”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Νικόπολη”
- Greek: “Νικόπολη”
- Greek: “Νικόπολις”
- Hebrew: “ניקופוליס”
- Hungarian: “Nikopolisz”
- Indonesian: “Nicopolis”
- Irish: “Niocapoil”
- Italian: “Nicopoli d’Epiro”
- Japanese: “ニコポリス (プレヴェザ)”
- Latin: “Nicopolis”
- Malagasy: “Nikopolisy any Epirosy”
- Malagasy: “Nikôpôlisy any Epirôsy”
- Persian: “نیکوپولیس”
- Polish: “Nikopolis”
- Portuguese: “Nicópolis”
- Romanian: “Nicopole, Epir”
- Romanian: “Nicopole”
- Russian: “Никополь”
- Serbian: “Nikopolis”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nikopolis”
- Slovenian: “Nikopolis”
- Spanish: “Nicópolis”
- Swedish: “Actia Nikopolis”
- Swedish: “Nikópolis”
- Tatar: “Никополис борынгы каласы”
- Turkish: “Nikopolis”
- Ukrainian: “Нікополь”
- Vietnamese: “Nicopolis”
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