The city of Philippi, re-founded by Philip II on a former colony of Thasians in 356 BCE, was reshaped by the Romans into a "small Rome" with its elevation to a Colonia Augusta of the Roman Empire in ...

Originally a small colony called Crenides, the city of Philippi was founded in 356 ... that it developed as a “small Rome” as the Roman Empire grew in strength. It hosts both ancient Greek ...

Archaeologists have also uncovered thermae (public baths) with Roman and early Christian phases. The excavations have provided new data about the multifaceted history of Philippi after the 6th ...

Ancient historians placed the 'miracle' in the Roman city of Caesarea Philippi in the Golan Heights.

Philippi was the site where Mark Antony, the Roman general under Julius Cesar, and Augustus, who later became emperor, led a battle that killed Brutus and Cassius, who assassinated Julius Caesar.

Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old statue of the Roman God Hercules at the site of the ancient Greek city of Philippi in Northern Greece. Philippi has long been believed to be one of ...

Excavations at Philippi will continue next year. Top photo: Researchers at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki discovered a statue of the Roman hero Hercules in September in the ancient city of ...

Unlike some Greek gods, Apollo held no lasting symbolic significance in Christian Philippi. However, the continued presence of classical and Roman-era statues in public spaces, including the head ...