Plovdiv: All Data
Plovdiv is a city in Bulgaria. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Plovdiv: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
169 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Marcomannic War
170 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Marcomannic War
252 AD
Mentioned in Event: Gothic War (249-253)
252 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Philippopolis (250), part of Gothic War (249-253)
286 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Tetrarchic Period
294 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Tetrarchic Period
312 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
325 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
337 AD
Mentioned in Event: Division of the Empire among the sons of Constantine the Great
351 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman civil war of 350-353
353 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman civil war of 350-353
377 AD
Mentioned in Event: Gothic War (376-382)
395 AD
Mentioned in Event: Definitive Division of the Roman Empire
837 AD
Mentioned in Event: War with Theophilos
970 AD
Mentioned in Event: Kievan Offensive
1204 AD
Capital of Duchy of Philippopolis
1208 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquests of Henry
1208 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Philippopolis (1208), part of Bulgarian-Latin wars
1324 AD
Mentioned in Event: George Terter II's Byzantine war
1878 AD
Mentioned in Event: Danubian Theatre
1878 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Philippopolis, part of Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
1878 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Berlin
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet invasion of Bulgaria
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Plovdiv, part of Republic of Bulgaria