Heraclea Sintica

Heraclea Sintica was an ancient city in Thracian Macedonia, to the south of the Strymon river, the site of which is marked by the village of Rupite, Bulgaria, and identified by the discovery of local coins.It was recently and incidentally discovered at the foot of an extinct volcano on the land of Rupite and it was prof Vagalinski,from the National Institute with Museum of Archaeology in Sofia, who noticed strange structures appearing above, tunnels and arch. Later on, after geosonar examination by Russian specialists, it was discovered a large studio for producing ceramical masks for an unknown still not discovered ancient theatre. Soon after, the proof came across to the scientists - Latin inscription, dd 308 AD - an imperatorial appeal, which is addressed to the local urban citizens of Heraclea Sintica. Thus, the years-long argument between Greece ang Bulgaria - where actually Heraclea Sintica is, ended.

References and bibliography

* Claude Lepelley: "Une inscription ďHeraclea Sintica (Macédoine) récemment découverte, révélant un rescrit de ľempereur Galère restituant ses droits à la cite". in: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 146 (2004), 221-231.
* Georgi Mitrev: "Civitas Heracleotarum. Heracleia Sintica or the Ancient City at the Village of Rupite (Bulgaria)". in: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 145 (2003), 263-272.
*Konrat Ziegler und Walter Sontheimer (Hrsg.): Der Kleine Pauly" Bd. 2 (1975), Sp. 1034-1035.