Nicopolis ad Nestum is a Roman town located in southwestern Bulgaria. The “Town of victory on the Nestos River” was founded in early 2nd c. by the Roman Emperor Trajan, in honour of his victory over the Dacians. Its position was strategic along the road connecting the Aegean coast with the main military road Via Egnatia through the Rhodopes and the Thracian lowlands to Philippopolis (today’s Plovdiv).