Sculpted portrait

Hadrian

76–138

Where you meet Hadrian

Cut-out detail; background removed. One round bronze coin with a figure and Greek lettering on a white background. — National Library of France (image provider) · Public domain · National Library of France / Wikimedia Commons

The stadium was built in the early second century, under Emperor Hadrian.

Scene 3 · Philippopolis

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Galerius

Antiquity

Philippopolis

Sources

Община Пловдив Археологически забележителности Община Пловдив
Общински институт „Старинен Пловдив“ Late antique Irene (Eiphnh) building Общински институт „Старинен Пловдив“
Ivo Topalilov On the Eirene Mosaic from Philippopolis, Thrace Journal of Mosaic Research · 2018 · 273–285

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Republic of Bulgaria, Ministry of Culture; hosted by UNESCO World Heritage Centre Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Philippopolis, Roman Province of Thrace Republic of Bulgaria, Ministry of Culture; hosted by UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2018
Plovdiv Invest / Община Пловдив Culture and tourism Plovdiv Invest / Община Пловдив
Iris von Bredow; Johannes Niehoff (Der Neue Pauly entry) Philippopolis (Der Neue Pauly), reproduced in Tabula Peutingeriana entry 1093 Der Neue Pauly; Tabula Peutingeriana research database, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt · 2006
Община Пловдив Ancient Plovdiv Община Пловдив
Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond Philippopolis Oxford Classical Dictionary (online) · 2016
Suda; Ioannis Doukas (translator); Suda On Line, University of Kentucky Ponêropolis, Adler π 2039 Suda On Line · 2007
Visit Plovdiv / Municipality of Plovdiv The Antique Plovdiv Visit Plovdiv / Municipality of Plovdiv
Maya Martinova-Kjutova; Regional Administration Plovdiv, project BG 0041 Ancient Stadium of Philippopolis Maya Martinova-Kjutova; Regional Administration Plovdiv, project BG 0041
Регионален археологически музей – Пловдив Римски стадион Регионален археологически музей – Пловдив
Regional Administration Plovdiv, project BG 0041 Archaeological Research and Exhibition of the Stadium Regional Administration Plovdiv, project BG 0041
Regional Administration Plovdiv, project BG 0041 Visit the Ancient Stadium Regional Administration Plovdiv, project BG 0041
Regional Administration Plovdiv, project BG 0041 Ancient Theatre Regional Administration Plovdiv, project BG 0041
Plovdiv City Card Ancient Theatre Plovdiv City Card
Общински институт „Старинен Пловдив“ The Ancient Theatre Общински институт „Старинен Пловдив“
Ernst Badian HADRIAN Encyclopaedia Iranica, XI/4, p. 458 · 2002
Catholic Encyclopedia Publius Ælius Hadrian The Catholic Encyclopedia · 1910

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Sculpted portrait

Djehouty · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sculpted portrait · c. 130 · detail

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Djehouty (photograph); ancient sculptor unknown / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Sculpted portrait · c. 130 · detail

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A stadium below the shop windows

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