Topeiros, a forgotten city
Next to the national road Kavala-Xanthi, where the ancient Egnatia road passed, there are remains of the walls of Topeiros. Although the area of the city is estimated at 1.24 acres, only part of the wall and some towers can be seen due to the vegetation. An early Christian basilica was discovered on the site, which was also used in the Middle Byzantine period.
From the 1st century AD on the west bank of the river Nestos, a Roman town was founded. The city had its own currency, which indicates a great economic development.
In its place there was an older city of the Thracian tribe of the Sapaeans. There are written accounts of Topirus by the geographer Strabo, the historian Pliny (1st century AD) and the geographer Claudius Ptolemy (2nd century AD).
Emperor Justinian recaptured it in 551 and built a fortified enclosure. The city was completely destroyed in 812 by the Bulgarian Tsar Krumos.
It is not an organized archeological site
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