Claudiopolis Explained

Claudiopolis (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κλαυδιόπολις|Klaudiopolis|city of Claudius|link=no) is the name of a number of ancient cities named after Roman emperor Claudius or another person bearing that name (in the case of Cluj-Napoca), notably:

in Turkey

• Claudiopolis (Bithynia) or Bithynium
• Claudiopolis (Bolu)
• Claudiopolis (Cilicia)
• Claudiopolis (Cappadocia)
• Claudiopolis (Cataonia)
• Claudiopolis (Galatia)

Elsewhere

• Abila Lysaniou, an ancient city in Syria also called Claudiopolis
• Cluj-Napoca, a city in Romania
• The ancient town of Cyrene, Libya, renamed after 262 AD, in honor of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Claudius II