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Nicopolis ( Nikópolis, "City of Victory") or Actia Nicopolis was a city of Epirus (western Greece) founded by Octavian in commemoration of his victory in 31 BC over Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium nearby. It was soon made the major city of the region and later the capital of the Roman province of Epirus Vetus.
Many impressive remains of the ancient city may be visited today.
Nicopolis (, "city of victory") was a Roman colony in Lesser Armenia founded by Pompey in 63 BC after conquering the Kingdom of Pontus in the third Mithridatic War. It became part of the Roman province of Armenia Prima. Today, the city of Koyulhisar in northeastern Turkey occupies the site.
Nicopolis was an Ancient city in Epirus, Greece.
Nicopolis or Nikopolis (Greek , "City of Victory") may also refer to :
- Nicopolis (Lesser Armenia), a Roman colony in northeastern Turkey
- Nicopolis (theme), a Byzantine theme encompassing western Greece
- Nicopolis ad Istrum, a city, also known as Nicopolis ad Iatrum, in Moesia (modern northern Bulgaria)
- Nicopolis ad Nestum, ruins of which are at modern Garmen in southern Bulgaria
- Afyonkarahisar or Nicopolis, a city in Asia Minor (Asian Turkey)
- Nikopol, Bulgaria or Nicopolis
- Nicopolis, a city in Cappadocia in the valley of the Lycus
- Nicopolis (Alexandria), a Roman garrison suburb of the metropolis Alexandria, in Egypt
The Theme of Nicopolis or Nikopolis (, thema Nikopoleōs) was the name of a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) located in northwestern Greece, encompassing Aetolia-Acarnania and southern Epirus. It was established in the second half of the 9th century, probably after 886, and survived until the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire by the Fourth Crusade in 1204.