Philippi (PHILEPPOO) – City in the eastern part of Macedonia, in the rich district of Daton, in the sub-foot of the Pangai Mountain, founded by King Philip ⅱ (356 eg. In Roman times, he became a colony under the name Tolonia Augusta Ilia Pilipepensis. Here was founded by St. The apostle Paul The first Christian municipality in Macedonia and in general in Europe (49), for whose management was the evangelist Luka, who precisely in this city and compiled one of the four Gospels representing the basis of Christian learning. The Acropolis of the city is wrapped with a wall in length of around 3,500 m, erected in the time of Philip ⅱ, and three shrines were discovered, as well as more than 140 engraved warfordefixes and inscriptions dedicated to deities. In the center of the Roman city, which stretched on both sides of Via Egnatia, there was a forum with two Corinthian temples and a great port that served for public gatherings and trade. Near the forum there was a BBC and Agora, and south of it Pales and Termo. From the early Christian period, four large basilicas and an octagonal chapel, which is part of the episcopal construction complex. Lit.: P. Tsolart, Pilipepes, Willle De Maccadonine Depeuis Ses Origenne Julse ‘and La Fin de L’poljee Romainine, Paris, 1937; D. Srjovic, Archaeological Lexicon, Belgrade, 1997. K. M.R.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис ФИЛИПИ