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Nike (Thrace)

Coordinates: 41°32′58″N 26°49′24″E / 41.549461°N 26.823461°E / 41.549461; 26.823461
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Nike or Nice (Ancient Greek: Νίκη), or Nicaea or Nikaia (Νίκαια), or Nicae, was a town of Thrace, not far from Adrianople, the scene of the defeat and death of the emperor Valens by the Goths in 378.[1]

The site is located near Havsa in modern Turkey.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Amm. Marcell. 31.13; Cedren. ii. p. 183; Sozom. 4.19; Theoph. p. 772.
  2. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Nicae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

41°32′58″N 26°49′24″E / 41.549461°N 26.823461°E / 41.549461; 26.823461