- Apros
Apros was an ancient city in
Thrace , now in modernTurkey . Its exact location is not known, but it was near Rodosto (modernTekirdağ , Turkey), west ofIstanbul .In the fourth century, Apros was the principal city of the region southwest of Heraclea.
Apros was a metropolitan see of the
Roman Catholic Church from the time of EmperorManuel I Comnenus (ruled1143 -1180 ) called Theodosiopolis. EitherTheodosius I orTheodosius II had attempted to rename Apros to Theodosiopolis, but only the Catholic Church seems to have adopted the name for any length of time.After the capture of
Constantinople during theFourth Crusade the city of Apros was alternately held by TsarKaloyan of Bulgaria and the Crusaders. The Crusaders referred to Apros as Naples or Napoli. The Crusaders madeTheodosius Branas (whoGeoffroi de Villehardouin refers to as Vemas) the Lord of Apros.In
1206 , Tsar Kaloyan destroyed Apros, but it was later rebuilt and continued to be ruled by Branas.
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