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 ...

DG: You provide a forty-four-page introduction to the social situation of the Roman colony of Philippi. Why did you feel such an informative but lengthy introduction was necessary to support your ...

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 ...

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 ...