<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nicopolis_ad_Istrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicopolis ad Istrum">Nicopolis ad Istrum</a> was a Roman and Early Byzantine town founded by Emperor <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trajan" class="mw-redirect" title="Trajan">Trajan</a> around 101-106, at the junction of the Iatrus (Yantra) with the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">Danube</a>, in memory of his victory over the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dacians" class="mw-redirect" title="Dacians">Dacians</a>.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/8383084@N06">Klearchos Kapoutsis</a> from Santorini, Greece
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/klearchos/3136040899/">Klearchos Kapoutsis' Nikopolis ad Istrum on Flickr</a>, also blogs <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://klearchosguidetothegalaxy.blogspot.com/2009/01/nikopolis-ad-istrum-1.html">Klearchos Kapoutsis' Nikopolis ad Istrum - Part 1</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://klearchosguidetothegalaxy.blogspot.com/2009/01/nikopolis-ad-istrum-2.html">Klearchos Kapoutsis' Nikopolis ad Istrum - Part 2</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://klearchosguidetothegalaxy.blogspot.com/2009/01/nikopolis-ad-istrum-3.html">Klearchos Kapoutsis' Nikopolis ad Istrum - Part 3</a>