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Aprus (Thrace)
40.9269° N, 27.1074° E
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Aprus or Apros (Ancient Greek: Ἄπρος), also Apri or Aproi (Ἄπροι), was a town of ancient Thrace and, later, a Roman city established in the Roman province of Europa.
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Re-foundation as Colonia Claudia Aprensis
mid-1st century AD
Principal city of region
4th century
Renamed Theodosiopolis
6th century
Attack after Fourth Crusade
1204
Destruction by Kaloyan
1206
Battle of Apros
July 1305
Titular bishopric restoration (Catholic)
no later than 1848
Bulgarian Catholic titular see restoration
no later than 1907
Series of titular renamings and suppressions
1924–1933
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