abstract:Europos () was the name of a number of cities in ancient Macedonia, in the regions of Bottiaea, Almopia, Axius and lower Paionia. The exact position and the number of cities is debated.
Then there are the ruins of Dura-Europos, a Parthiancaravancenterfounded in 300 B.C., halfway betweenSyriaand Mesopotamiaandknown as the "Pompeii of the East."