Abritus

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Abritus was a late Roman city near the site of the modern city of Razgrad.

In 251 it was the site of the defeat and slaying of Decius. It was destroyed by the Avars in the sixth century.

Archaeological excavations were conducted at the site in 1953.

[edit] References

  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1991), p. 6