Definitions
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- noun an ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region
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Examples
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Jack Keller set up operations in Philippopolis by June 1917.
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At the prison camp in Philippopolis, the troops were herded into filthy barracks in lots of one thousand.
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Eumolpias, now called Philippopolis, all his army following him with alacrity.
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851
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Alexander knew his theories well, but there was no time to visit the city as he turned his army north into the high mountains and made his way through alpine valleys to the garrison town of Philippopolis at the head of the Hebros River valley.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Alexander knew his theories well, but there was no time to visit the city as he turned his army north into the high mountains and made his way through alpine valleys to the garrison town of Philippopolis at the head of the Hebros River valley.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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As hazardous as Philippopolis might be, it was still Macedonian territory.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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As hazardous as Philippopolis might be, it was still Macedonian territory.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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As hazardous as Philippopolis might be, it was still Macedonian territory.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Alexander knew his theories well, but there was no time to visit the city as he turned his army north into the high mountains and made his way through alpine valleys to the garrison town of Philippopolis at the head of the Hebros River valley.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The Bulgarians established their largest prison camps in Sofia, Sliven, Philippopolis, and Haskovo, as well as smaller working camps across the kingdom.
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