Anastasiopolis

Anastasiopolis or Anastasioupolis (Greek: Αναστασιούπολις, "city of Anastasios"), is the name given several ancient cities founded or rebuilt by Roman emperors named Anastasius :

in modern Turkey

Dara (Mesopotamia) in the Roman province of Mesopotamia, in modern Mardin Province, Turkey
Anastasiopolis in Galatia, modern Beypazarı, Asian Turkey
Anastasiopolis (Phrygia), a city in Phrygia, near Laodicea on the Lycus
Telmessos, modern Fethiye, Turkey

Elsewhere

Peritheorion, a former town near Amaxades, Thrace, Greece
Resafa, Syria, also known as Sergiopolis

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